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The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Monday, August 21st, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program this morning...

Chinese researchers say a lake on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau has doubled in size in the last 40 years, at least in part because of melting glaciers..

Iraqi forces have recaptured 12 villages in the area around Tal Afar, west of Mosul...

And police in Spain are still searching for the driver of a van involved in a deadly terror attack on Thursday...

In business... a Chinese company has offered 1.3 billion dollars for a poultry giant based in Northern Ireland...

In Sports...three games, three draws in the Chinese Super League...

In Entertainment...the Mandarin version of The Sound of Music returns to the stage in Beijing...

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