新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/07/20

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The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Thursday, July 20th, 2017

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

Our news focus this morning... The first China-U.S. Comprehensive Economic Dialogue is underway in Washington...

In other news...

a ceremony has been held to mark the reorganization of the Chinese armed forces research and educational institutions...

and the Turkish prime minister has shuffled¹ his cabinet, swapping² or replacing 11 ministers...

In business...Apple has named a new managing director for Greater China...

In Sports...Team China's basketball "red squad³" suffers an opening defeat the the Stankovic Continental⁴ Cup.

In Entertainment...the much anticipated Chinese-made war film "The Founding of an Army" has premiered in Nanchang...

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