ChinesePod News (March 22, 2019)

Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Rome to sign an agreement regarding Italy’s involvement in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Under the non-binding memorandum of understanding, Italy would the first of the G7 nations to back the Chinese government’s ambitious infrastructure project.

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This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:

谅解备忘录: memorandum of understanding
计画: to plan
签署: to sign an official document
龙头: leader among companies
造访: to pay a visit
逾: to exceed
盛情款待: to be treated with warm and generous hospitality

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