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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 Bigam with you on this Monday, January 26, 2026.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, the Prime Minister of Finland is in China until Wednesday on an official visit,
meeting with the Chinese president and other top officials.
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carriers arrived in the Middle East as Iran issues a warning against any potential attack,
and Washington's defending the latest shooting of a U.S.
citizen by immigration officers in Minneapolis.
In business,
China's consumer spending surpassed the 50 trillion yuan mark last year for the first time.
In sports, tennis action from the Australian Open and Culture and Entertainment,
an art fair in Southeast Asia features CGTN's China Crafted Show.
Now checking the day's top stories.
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo is in Beijing for an official visit to China,
which runs until Wednesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to meet Orpo,