2026-10-06
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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.
One hour of news and information brought to you every weekday.
Now here's your host.
Shane Beggam with you on this Tuesday, October 6,
2026. You're listening to a special holiday edition of the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to deploy troops
in Saudi Arabia under a military pact the three countries signed over the summer.
Travel numbers in China are surging as the National Day holiday nears its end and people are heading home.
The UK government says its Fairford base remains safe after the US withdrawal of its B-1 bombers.
In the second half of the program, we bring you our special feature, Hello from the Other Shore, a podcast
that invites Americans with years of experience engaging with China that have shaped their understanding of the country.
Today we're joined by Chinese environmental scientist Li Binbin and American photographer Rob Green.
Through a China-US National Parks Exchange program, they found there was so much they could learn from each other,
from wildlife and ecosystem conservation to innovative ways of telling nature's stories.
Now the day's top stories.
Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to deploy military forces in Saudi Arabia under a recently signed defense pact.
They held an emergency meeting in Riyadh to address security threats over attacks from Yemen's Houthi group.