2026-02-27
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This is the Beijing Hour.
Examining the events that impact and shape China and the rest of the world.
This is the Beijing Hour.
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Now here's your host Shane Begum with you on this Friday, February 27th, 2026.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program,
a top meeting in China says the next five years will be critical for the development of socialist modernization across the country.
Pakistan says there is open war with Afghanistan now as the two countries continue to launch attacks against each other.
And China is preparing for its annual two sessions meetings in Beijing with the opening sessions beginning next week.
In business,
China's central bank is making moves as the country's currency approaches a three year high.
In sports,
China takes a win at the qualifiers for the FIBA World Cup in culture and entertainment and art exhibition in the US with themes related to the year of the horse.
Now checking the day's top stories.
A top meeting in China has described the next five years as a critical period
for laying a solid foundation to realize socialist modernization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping chaired the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee.
He reviewed a draft outline of the country's 15th five-year plan for economic and social development.