新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/10/03

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The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017.

Welcome to this holiday edition of the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.

Coming up on our program this morning...

Our news focus...the worst mass shooting in modern US history... scores of people have been killed, and hundreds wounded, in Las Vegas. World leaders, including the Chinese president, have been expressing their condolences...

In other news...

The Chinese currency has marked its first anniversary¹ as a part of the International Monetary² Fund's reserve-currency basket...

And China's National Day celebrations spur³ tourism and spending...

In the second half of the hour we have a special edition of Horizons.

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