2026-07-21
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Shane Bigham with you on this Tuesday, July 21st,
2026. You're listening to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, the Chinese Foreign Minister is in Manila
as the annual meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations get underway.
The new British Prime Minister has unveiled his new cabinet and is promising the biggest changes in the last 40 years.
China's transport network, the largest in the world, now exceeds 6 million kilometers.
In business, China's latest plan for modernizing its transportation system.
In sports, Spain's World Cup teams received a hero's welcome on home soil.
International release.
Now check in the day's top stories.
A foreign minister is from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that have begun their annual meetings in Manila.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is also in the city for some of the meetings.
Ryan Meltzer has more from Manila.
The morning began with the ASEAN foreign ministers meeting, the plenary session,