The Beijing Hour

Pacific Island countries attending a ministerial meeting in Xiamen say China treats them as equals and with respect, as they look to expand cooperation (0:58). Hungry Palestinians in Gaza have swarmed a U.S.-backed aid hub in a scene that the United Nations described as heartbreaking (13:17). And the Trump administration is threatening to terminate up to 100 million U.S. dollars of federal contracts with Harvard University (21:46).

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has pledged to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Gulf Cooperation Council on free trade and the implementation of the Global Civilization Initiative (1:02). Some European countries have removed the range limit for weapons supplied to Ukraine, a move that Russia has called dangerous (21:37). And activities marking Jerusalem Day have drawn condemnation from the Israeli opposition and the Palestinian Authority (22:16).

Chinese Premier Li Qiang is in Malaysia to attend the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit after wrapping up an official visit to Indonesia, where he stressed peaceful co-existence and the Bandung Spirit (1:00). Russia and Ukraine have completed the largest prisoner swap in over three years, as they claim drone attacks from each other (11:35). And senior U.S. education insiders warn that the Trump administration's crackdown on international student enrollment is threatening universities beyond Harvard (26:18).

Participants at the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Expo are discovering new opportunities, as they acknowledge China and the event's role in upholding free trade (1:02). U.S. federal authorities have charged the man accused of killing two Israeli embassy staffers with murder (11:51). And nutrition supplies and food aid are among the first items that Gazans have received in 11 weeks (17:05).

The China-CEEC Expo has attracted companies from 14 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, along with several more in Europe that hope to win a share of the Chinese market through this platform (1:03). A gunman shot dead two Israeli embassy staff in Washington (12:45). And China’s Shenzhou-20 crew has completed its first spacewalk outside the Tiangong Space Station (32:03).