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The Beijing Hour

Evening  Edition

Bob Jones with you this Friday the 31st of March, 2017.

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

On our program today

China ready to do the ground work to make a successful face to face meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.

Myanmar expecting a boost to its economy from a new oil and gas pipeline link with China

A new report shows China has become the world's top energy consumption country

And the state owned aerospace agency is preparing to launch a network of 156 mini-satellites

In the second half of the hour - in depth discussion.

What can we expect from President Xi's face to face talks with Donald Trump.

Can London keep its position as a key financial hub after the UK leaves the European Union.

And a former Australian prime minister says China is expected to play a bigger role on the world stage.

All that and more to come in the next 60 minutes - it's one and a half minutes past the hour.

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