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i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. shanghai, one of asia's top financial centers and china's wealthiest city is in its 3rd week of lockdown. and while some parts of the metropolis are just starting to ease restrictions, other residents are reaching their breaking points. hunger has been a main driver with officials struggling to deliver food to 26000000 people. it's very much stress testing, trying to 0 covered strategy as barbie. in crush mart reports for weeks the streets of shanghai have been empty. supermarkets are shot delivery workers that would normally be leaving their way through the city are nowhere to be seen. social media is full of cries for help and complaints about a lack of food. some videos, show unrest, neighborhoods where people are desperate to find food. and in one unverified video,

people even seen looting a supermarket authorities as grumbling to deliver supplies. but they are huge probably know if i'm in for delivering vegetables, some of getting their food early. some are getting late, it has a big impact on people's lives. chinney and les, it's a tomato farmer works on the outskirts of the city. he's doing his part to try and help. he's moved out of his home and into a dorm at the industrial greenhouses. whereas company growth tomatoes, this is a video he shot on his phone of the room. he's saying in general, you were understaffed at the moment and need to ensure we keep up production. so he start work early and work over time for about 2 hours a day. but reports say the biggest hurdle and the delivery of goods is at the last mile. many delivery workers and other supply personnel remain under lockdown themselves. the challenge is in getting food from markets and warehouses to people's home. the local government is now trying to mobilize delivery workers to

get back to work. as long as there aren't any positive cases within their residential compound. the bottlenecks could pose a serious problem to the government. frank spy is c o and founder of china crossroads and a risk specialist. he's a resident of shanghai and has been under locked on himself for over a week. when you induce food insecurity to a country whose purpose is to modernize and make people live better, i think it adds a certain twist that, that, you know, people here and the leadership here are not, not so comfortable with for the past 2 years, china is talented it's approach towards containing the virus and pointed towards its ramp and spread and the west as a mock of its superiority. this could break the narrative that china system is better at doing this, especially if it really explodes the next few weeks. so we could be a quite an inflection point and how over the balls and,

and how the world comes to see chinese performance, unquote. but how its own people see, it is what met us the most. and authorities will need to get a handle on the situation quickly to prevent people's frustration from spiraling any further. we have 5 in crash, mary joining us father. and i understand some parts of shanghai are eating restrictions. i wonder, does this mean the death toll has fallen? do we even know the death in case numbers there? well, i mean, according to the official numbers, we have a far more than 150000 cases in shanghai. but no official death so far. i don't think that's very credible. we know that an elderly homes and nursing homes, there were a big infection clusters. however, at the deaths they don't show up in the statistics. so i'm at least assuming that the authorities are really stretching the criteria of what it means to die because of the earth virus or with the virus. but i see the using of the locked on,

at least in part of the city more as a reaction to the public pressure. i mean, it's really an emergency situation for most of the people there die of food supply, et cetera. but when you say easing of the locked on, i mean basically means that one 3rd of the components of the residential compounds, people are allowed to go to the streets, but only within a really confined area and their neighborhoods. and they are not pretty much you can do, i mean, a public transport as a shot. and also the public facilities are shut. so by european standards, for example, i would still consider this quite a strict lockdown as well. yeah. fascinated with china's strategy. and in 2 years after the pandemic, beijing seems intent on maintaining a 0 coven policy. why is that? what i mean? first of all i'm, the leadership is arguing that we take the human lives more seriously. i mean, that's also part of poppy propaganda. i would say because m as in shanghai,

we can see that the collateral damage of the locked on policies also triggers deaths not by the virus, but then best buy in, for example, suicide because of a man mental problems also, i mean my patients who can't get to the hospital on time because it cannot show a negative p c r test and so on. but you have to consider that if a china would really open up, let's say like the u. s. t a long time ago and not really have any measures in place. then that would cause a lot of infections and also more deaths. and for example, the west because they're not enough emergency. betsy of the health system, especially in the rural areas. it's really quite rudimentary, so public health is really a concern, but it also has to do with political reasons. i mean, the propaganda basically said that 0 covert is approved that we can manage to contain the virus as are the only big country in the world. and now to change a path is really quite difficult. and lastly, i think a big mistake by the leadership was that they didn't allow any m, m, r in

a vaccine from outside the only available vaccines m, r, the domestic one, sign of farm and sign away. and they're not really as efficient against on the chrome. got it fat in crash barrett. thank you so much for joining us. in pakistan, iran con may be out as prime minister, but he is certainly not down ejected from leadership on monday, his supporters had hit the streets. it underscores how shaky the political situation remains and how the parliament that ousted con, we'll have to reckon with an angry public walk as by later particle traces. if entering a new face. the country is missing the politic divisions. after prime minister in ron, what's out after much to need confidence over the weekend called off the wall on sunday after the countries supreme court ruled that he had only acted

unconstitutionally, in blocking the process and dissolving parliament on monday. not sure if mitchell is the opposite leader shabba shirley at the prime minister. often we support the work, the place after con, $168.00 allies in the $342.00 national assembly walked out in protest. shabbos is the younger brother of treat. i'm prime minister in the washing on the buck some of the legal body as a leader of the opposition show. he also led the bid to our hon. and now she's able to bring pockets both economy back on track following on this management. and i change weren't just come by talking supreme court. and so if it were to come just by talking and then in the past 4 years, our country would have progressed and become the most developed country in the world. i mean, it's kind of home, but you know, high after yourself. he cannot make mismanagement. the new government faces you

challenges show you support a thing. improvement will not come over night. the, the exam, the way the, the, the don't we'll get some in the current position. if we go towards early elections goes high, it won't be good for this country. i'm going to, that's why it's better to give this new government some time and get them. so they can stabilize the country and hold election grant a lot of them a lesson with our money also, but it still has many supporters on funding. tulsa for testers took to this piece of major open cities across back a bunch, protesting against cons, dismissal. in ron hahn became a political source in 2018 when he was elected prime minister on the promise of routing corruption and collecting 2 millions of pockets on it's all good quality. but the party of that goals. and today, he is known as the 1st pocket,

found the prime minister. we are in no confidence the country is now entering an uncertain political thought. and if it is one thing that the cricket start politician has in its favor, it is treat bobbo. i miss you too. immer on con is that we will stand with you till the last couple and we will fight with you even if we die about it. does home party leaders are calling for more but to be conducted in the coming be how long to put a gun to new and how long the new government would last is a matter of speculation. although the next tribute election is scheduled to take place in mid 202013, the opposition typing this and said they wanted an election. it's been more than 11 years since the meltdown at japan's fukushima nuclear plant. tens of thousands of people were forced to flee the region over radiation fears. some have since returned, but one town remained deserted until recently,

signs of life finally into tba and optimism in a place that hasn't seen people in 11 years. i'd circle yamato has put out a lot of food for customers at her restaurant called penguin, and she's getting customers. i'll be it mostly from nearby towns that reopen before for taba. this is the last village around the fukushima nuclear plant, given the all clear that was in january. so they've all in this land that we have here. we need to use it wealth fortunately, and attract more people to visit or whether through sports or music lab or what than what the korean and when they visit for sports or music or to consider moving here, they can easily get a room at the arm foot tub, business, hotel, clean accommodations, comfy beds. and frankly lonely staff ready to serve. i'd go claim the thumb. i think it's difficult to change the minds of those who said they're not

coming back to land. but if there are those wondering whether to come back or not, i think it's the biggest thing to come back and see the situation for themselves. the situation is one of rebuilding and building a new but the situation is also damaged buildings left to crumble. evidence of lives lost and lives hurriedly left behind in the aftermath of the earthquake. and about a quarter to 3 in the afternoon of march 11th, 2011. the earthquake followed by a devastating su nami. yes, so she hoses our was 66 when he had to leave for taba at age 77. he was the 1st to return to the village, but his neighbourhood looks bare. most nearby homes and buildings demolished. there are no longer any clinic stores or services for a 77 year olds or any one's needs. oh manet, if i'm right, there's no school there. no doctors, there's no way young adults with children will come here. need them. i want it to

return, but i came back and now i think it was a mistake and i've been with the hard reality in the face of high hopes into taba, where a handful of people have returned. they hope others young and old will follow to bring the village back to where it once was. that's it for tuesday. thank you for watching and see you tomorrow with rearing to read. ah, everyone who loves books has to go insane. the d. w. literature list, 100 german must reads not just another day. so much is happening all at once. we take time to understand

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