EPISODE · Sep 23, 2025 · 52 MIN
Why has Putin offered to extend the New START agreement?
from World Today
① Ahead of the annual Chinese farmers’ harvest festival, Xi Jinping called for multiple measures to improve farmers’ life and advance all-round rural vitalization. Why is modernizing the agricultural sector and rural area a key part of China’s modernization? (00:57) ② We take a look at how China’s financial sector has performed during the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan from 2021 to 2025. (13:09) ③ A conversation with Angola’s ambassador to the United Nations on China’s contribution to the UN’s work. (24:55) ④ Russian leader Vladimir Putin has declared his readiness to adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year under the last remaining nuclear pact with the United States. Why has he made this offer? (34:15) ⑤ Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has launched its leadership election campaign. Will whoever become the next LDP leader save the party from its crisis? (43:14)
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① Ahead of the annual Chinese farmers’ harvest festival, Xi Jinping called for multiple measures to improve farmers’ life and advance all-round rural vitalization. Why is modernizing the agricultural sector and rural area a key part of China’s modernization? (00:57) ② We take a look at how China’s financial sector has performed during the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan from 2021 to 2025. (13:09) ③ A conversation with Angola’s ambassador to the United Nations on China’s contribution to the UN’s work. (24:55) ④ Russian leader Vladimir Putin has declared his readiness to adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year under the last remaining nuclear pact with the United States. Why has he made this offer? (34:15) ⑤ Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has launched its leadership election campaign. Will whoever become the next LDP leader save the party from its crisis? (43:14)
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