are more on this i'm joined by china correspondent berlingo from shanghai mathias welcome to the show the fact that this show is taking place at all should we take that as a sign that the chinese auto market is more or less back to normal. well the fact that it takes place is off course because the pandemic is under control it's already the 2nd auto show in china since the start of the pandemic but you are right that that car market is back and it's back really strong a lot of the car. companies have said that this the 1st quarter of 2021 was the strongest in their history in china that's of course because a lot of cars a lot of the customers delayed their. plans last year but now we're seeing a market that is set to growth it's expected to grow further back on track. one of the headlines it's already coming out of the show is volkswagen being forced to once again defend its plant and sheen john in china what is the company saying well the company is 1st of all saying that they have no 4 they have they are sure that they have no forced labor in their factory there because they hire ev