2026-03-18
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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 Begum with you on this Wednesday, March 18th, 2026.
You're listening to The Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, the Chinese presidents met with Turkmenistan's national leader in Beijing.
Tehran's retaliated against Israel for the assassinations of two top Iranian officials.
And officials in Beijing are elaborating on the Taiwan region's role in the country.
Today's top stories.
1.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Turkmen national leader and chairman of the People's Council in Beijing.
2.
Grabengali Berdymuhamedov is on a goodwill visit to China until Thursday.
Wang Mengjie has more.
Since the establishment of the diplomatic relations in 1992, China and Turkmenistan have enjoyed a healthy and stable growth in belligerent times.
China and Turkmenistan are important trade partners with a strong economic complementarity.
China has been Turkmenistan's largest trading partner for 13 consecutive years.
Turkmenistan hosts the fourth largest natural gas reserves in the world and is the largest source of pebbler natural gas imports for China from Central
Asia.