新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/09/14（在线收听）

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Thursday, September 14th, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program this morning...

Our news focus...

the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly... new initiatives on peace, gender equality, and global governance are among the items leading the agenda at this year's gathering...

In other news...

A spokesperson for China's State Council has issued a statement against efforts to alienate Taiwan from Chinese culture...

and several deaths have been recorded at a nursing home in Florida, days after Hurricane Irma slammed into the area...

In business...the Chinese currency has weakened against the US Dollar following 11 days of gains...

In Sports...the IOC awards Olympic Games to Paris and Los Angeles...

In Entertainment...a famous landscape painting is going back on display at the Palace Museum in Beijing... 

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