as patrick falk reports, many borrowers have been left in dire straits tomorrow launch. as you approach this part of hun and province by train, you see it bears all the hallmarks of china's growing crisis. in the distance, unfinished construction projects scattered across the city. this is drew my d n. a city of around 7000000 people in southern had an province meacham bought a home here in 2018 for just over half a 1000000 new on equivalent of around 75000 euros. the developer was meant to complete the project in 2020, but ran out of funds. lead in want to show his face on camera fearing possible retribution. but he was fed up and desperate to speak out about what's happened to him or the monumental wrong. i bought the apartment in 2018 little bar, luna, and the it was agreed it will be ready in 2020 raj, another to on what they stopped working 2019 issue and they're still not working on it now. the mayor was on the 3rd. the apartment has been left to rot ever since the law re lenora's chandler. i'm in the wall. the day we visit other home buyers come to meet lee as wel

patrick falk reports from beijing. well, the lots of encouraging signs indicating there is some momentum to china's economic recovery. you'd have to say lots of surprises across the board as well with retail sales, industrial output and fixed asset investment data. all comfortably beating forecasters estimates that retail sales growth of 5.4 percent for august year on year was really a bright spot. particularly taking into consideration the disruption to consumer activity with lots of people shying away from going out because of strict coven curbs. notably there was a significant rise in food and catering sales, helping to drive that number. so people not going up, but they are still ordering in plenty via delivery apps and so on and so forth. but despite the overall positive data, officials express caution about the outlook denila short article since the beginning of the year due to multiple factors such as the mentee making changes in the external environment. the recovery of domestic demand has been relatively slow

patrick falk is in beijing with more the chinese government's reaction. well, the theorist response to come out of the foreign ministry in beijing today gives you a little bit of an idea of the pressure. the office for the high commission of human rights was under not to publish this report spokesperson one. when been said the quote, so called assessment was illegal null and void and said it violates the principles of objectivity. and if you read between the lines, it did sound very much as though this criticism was being directed specifically at michelle bachelor and accused her office of being an enforcer and accomplice of the u. s. but this angry reaction also gives you a bit of an idea of just how damaging beijing finds all of this. you know, a lot of the findings in this reports aren't exactly new, but this report carries the weights of the un, which does mean that countries and china and various international bodies are going to be under pressure to act accordingly. and you know, this response from china will be seen by many as an attempt to create

he rejects patrick falk has more on the timing of the meeting. comes of course falling remarks by president joe biden in a televised interview, which suddenly will of course alarm and beijing a couple days ago. we did in fact say that the immediate reaction from china appeared to be relatively subdued. but the head of the briefing foreign minister, one v, as made the suggestion that sir beijing may invoke anti secession laws in order to achieve reunification. as china puts it with taiwan, he also said in a meeting on the side lines, the un general assembly in new york with former secretary of state, henry kissinger, that sir washington's a pro taiwan, an anti beijing stance was having ace of verse of effects on usaa china relations nap unless have been pouring over those comments or by joe biden with cbs over the last couple of days. and it is worth noting that some have suggested that this possibly marks a shift in policy on taiwan by the biden administration. it wasn't just the fact that present biden said that the u. s. a would defends to taiwan in the event of an attack by china. but no

patrick falk has more from beijing. well, the building has been identified as the china telecom tower in changsha hunan province and there's lots of social media video circulating, showing the building engulfed in flames and thick black plumes of smoke surrounding it and rising hundreds of meters into the air. there's also photographs are showing one side of the building completely charred. now there are conflicting reports about possible casualties. there are some social media reports on line saying that the company claims that all people were evacuated safely. but state media's also reporting that said, the number of casualties remains unclear. it's also saying that sir, the flames have now been put out, but authorities are assessing the situation and trying to investigate what start this fire. exactly. and meanwhile, police have blocked off the 2nd ring road in changsha east, where this building is located, as well as other blocks around the area rescue teams have been deployed in italy's mark, hey, region where 7 pe

patrick falk reports from bridging. well, if you remember back to february the time of the winter olympics in beijing cats as a mere shake to mim, been hammered. al tiny was really one of a few well meters said that attended what was considered by many countries to be a controversial event president. she said at the time he was ready to launch panda cooperation with the middle east. and also said that he saw new opportunities for bilateral ties between china and cats are so in a way, china is literally following up on that. so hale and sariah will arrive in october ahead of the world cup. and remember china failed and it's bid to reach the final something which is certainly seen as a missed opportunity for demonstrating its soft power at a time when china really needs it. it is increasingly isolated, particularly from a western powers over issues like its support for rushes invasion of ukraine. so in a sense, it is still trying to capitalize on the world cup. and how better to do that than with a bit of panel diplomacy.

hope it'll mark a turning point, victoria gate and be al jazeera, patrick falk is in beijing with more on how the chinese government's react. it. well, as we know, china was handed a copy of the report for review prior to his publication in line with normal procedure, we can see now very clearly why beijing was so opposed to it. even on wednesday, the foreign ministry called it a foss, orchestrated by the u. s. in some western powers, and called a michelle bash. lates, a quote, make the right decision and urging her not to publish the report, its contents could hardly have been more damaging. it covers a period from between 201-7220. 19, suggesting this could just be the tip of the iceberg. and it confirms the most serious accusations of human rights violations, including hunger and injection tactics, used in what china refers to his vocational and educational training senses. it found evidence of forced air lies ation, and it concluded that china's treatment of ethnic wiegand chin jam may amount to international crimes against humanity. in the fact, the michelle bachelor decided to go

patrick falk has mo, from being reported previously. the stories on actually given any specific timeline for how long this lockdown would go on for inching to. but they did say on sunday that we go on for at least another 3 days in the central jin chang, district, and ordered people there to go for another round of mass testing. a 3rd round of testing was ordered in other districts as well. and people were told to go home immediately afterwards. a total of around a $120.00 cases was reported on sunday for the 24 hours prior. there was little bit of a drop from the 150 cases reported the day before. meanwhile, and sions, n caseload, there have stayed more or less steady, just over 80 cases reported there on sunday and authorities are adopting a 3 tier system in sions. and so people in low risk areas are allowed to move around. now they had been confined to their compounds over the weekend and, but people in medium and high risk areas are still under locked down. according to the financial news outlet chai, sin. there are currently a tota

patrick falk reports from beijing. well, if you remember back to february the time of the winter olympics in beijing cats as a mere shake to mim, been hammered, al tiny was really one of a few well meters that attended what was considered by many countries to be a controversial event president. she said at the time he was ready to launch panda cooperation with the middle east. and also said that he saw new opportunities for bilateral ties between china and cats are so in a way, china is literally following up on that sir. hale and sariah will arrive in october ahead of the world cup and remember china failed in its bid to reach the final something which is certainly seen as a missed opportunity for demonstrating its soft power at a time when china really needs it. it is increasingly isolated, particularly from our western powers, over issues like its support for rushes invasion of ukraine. so in a sense, it is still trying to capitalize on the world cup and how better to do that. them with a bit of pan to diplomacy, ch

patrick falk has more from beijing. while the ones have come as much as of rise that beijing reacted angry to this development. so the chinese embassy in washington said that it would severely harm china. u. s. relations and peace and stability in the taiwan straits and said that it would take legitimate and necessary counter measures. the u. s. dance on taiwan is meant to be one of the strategic ambiguity, but this will have sent a very clear signal once again to beijing that washington is prepared to back the island. and the timing is significant. despite the fact, the present biden said that the package had been under consideration for some time with it being announced. so close to this period of height and tensions in the wake of nancy pelosi, his visit. it does demonstrate to china that the u. s. won't be cowed by its acts of military aggression or attempts to change the status quo. it is worth noting that since august 3rd, they've been an average of 10 chinese military aircraft crossing the median line every singl

patrick falk has more from making building has been identified as the china telecom tower in changsha hunan province. and there's lots of social media video circulating, showing the building engulfed in flames and thick black plumes of smoke surrounding it and rising hundreds of meters into the air. there's also photographs are showing one side of the building completely charred. now there are conflicting reports about possible casualties. there are some social media reports on line saying that the company claims that all people were evacuated safely. but state media's also reporting that said, the number of casualties remains unclear. it's also saying that the flames have now been put out, but authorities are assessing the situation and trying to investigate what start of this fire exactly. and meanwhile, police have blocked off the 2nd ring road in juncture east, where this building is located, as well as other blocks around the area. and he's in south korea, arrested. a woman accused of murdering her 2 young children in new zealand and bodies were found in a suit case in oakland la

patrick falk reports now from beijing. little down and can do is significant, not just because the fact that it's a massive city, it's a city of 21000000 people. the capital of citron province, it is in fact the largest city to go under a locked and since a shanghai went under a bruising 2 month long locked down earlier this year. but also because jim do is a key manufacturing hub home to lots of all to make is and tech companies and accounts the 1.7 percent of china's g d p. so this is going to have very serious ramifications for china's economy. and it's coming after just a $157.00 cases were reported there. there's going to be 4 days of math testing to go along with this lockdown, but authorities haven't said how long it's going to last for. meanwhile, sions and has put under semi locked and several key districts, including bowan and nan, shot districts, nan char, home to 10 cent, as well as the drone maker. d j i. our entertainment venues are shut altogether in . restaurant dining has been limited. there's also going t