新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/08/24（在线收听）

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Thursday, August 24th, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program this morning...

Our news focus...

Senior Chinese and US officials have discussed bilateral relations and the Afghanistan issue...

In other news...

Chinese officials have said they are glad to see measures of restraint and even goodwill involving the Korean Peninsula issues...

And a UN committee has issued a formal early warning over racial tensions in the United States...

In business...the Chinese State Council has taken additional steps to promote deleveraging at state-owned companies...

In Sports...the world-number-one men's badminton pairing has been bounced from the World Championships..

In Entertainment...the 2017 FreshAsia music awards...

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