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The Beijing Hour

Evening Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Saturday, January 14th, 2017

Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.

Coming up on our program this evening...

The Chinese president's published article highlighting Sino-Swiss relations and free trade has been well received in Switzerland, ahead of his state visit...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has launched a program that will fund cutting-edge research...

And US officials say extra precautions are being taken to ensure security when Donald Trump is sworn in as president next week...

Coming up in the 2nd half of the program... feature talk...

China's rapidly aging population...

And China's sea gypsies pursue a sense of belonging on land...

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