新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/03/17（在线收听）

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Paul James with you on this Friday, March 17, 2017

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

Coming up on our program this morning...

Chinese President Xi JInping and Saudi King Salman overseeing the signing of billions of US dollars worth of agreements following their meeting in Beijing.

The Chinese government says its open to hearing all options to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula ahead of the US Secretary of State's visit this weekend.

French authorities are investigating a mail bombing and a separate school shooting.

In Business..... Nanjing and Qingdao taking steps to cool their local property markets.

In Sports.... .Roger Federer's hot streak continues as he makes the quarter-finals in Indian Wells.

In Entertainment.... the live-action reboot of Beauty and the Beast opens in Chinese theatres.

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