2025-03-20
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Now here's your host, Shane Bigham with you on this Thursday, March 20, 2025.
You're listening to THE Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program,
talks on a partial ceasefire in Ukraine are ongoing as Kyiv and Moscow complete a prisoner exchange.
The UN's condemned the killing of one of its workers in Gaza and is demanding a full investigation.
And China is set to impose retaliatory tariffs on Canada starting from today.
In business, China holds its prime lending rates stable.
In sports, the IOC honors outgoing President Thomas Bach.
In culture and entertainment, distinctive pottery of the Tang dynasty evolves into something new.
Now checking the day's top stories,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a halt to strikes on energy infrastructure and its conflict with Russia could be done quickly.
Zelensky made the remarks after a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump,
the first call since their Oval Office clash weeks ago.
The talks come a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Trump and agreed to pause strikes on Ukraine energy sites.