xu jishui has returned to wuhan to talk to his father.d wuhan become china's largest industrial centre but the shift towards high tech has brought new and unexpected challenges. as their time as theirtime in as their time in shanghai draws to a close, they make their way to the city's famous riverside. before they leave shanghai, they go and check out the competition at a fruit and vegetable industry fair. after the initial shock, they continue looking at what other softwa re continue looking at what other software companies had to offer. the argument doesn't end there. the fracture in huang tiesen‘s and his girlfriend's relationship will have lasting repercussions. wuhan‘s wu han‘s high—tech optics wuhan‘s high—tech optics valley is home to 90,000 companies, spanning a range of emerging industries. competition is fierce and many start—ups won't make it to their second year. robotics is one of the lucky ones and is marking its second anniversary with a party. but not all are anniversary with a party. but not allare in anniversary with a p

xujishui xu jishui came to xujishui came to wuhan to xu jishui came to wuhan to pursue his education.now heads up —— if a farmer lecturer, he now heads up the robotics company. xu's company began working car assembly. the competition was tough. and the company is now automating the distillation process for a local white liquorfactory. for xu, forxu, and for xu, and his business partners, there are constant challenges. one of the young technicians was recently caught breaking health and safety regulations and it is not the first time. huang tiesen also came to it wuhan to make his name. has a start—up company is trying to market software that will enable fruit retailers to adjust their stock price according to real time. but after a year, there has been little sign of success. there has been little sign of success. staff are becoming nervous. this man as a front—end programmer who has been with the business since it began. he chose wuhan to set up his company, hoping to break into this major new technology centre. he turned to as technical director to discuss finding a replacement prog

and xu jishui struggles with setbacks. hello.l, there is not very much in the forecast. but what i can offer you is plenty of warmth. in fact, during monday, to the south—west of london, temperatures got very close to 27 degrees. we'll see more very warm weather over the next few days. on the satellite picture, though, you can see this stripe of cloud that's been working its way in towards the north—west. not bringing an awful lot of rain, though. this is a frontal system, but one which is weakening very quickly, so really wejust have a band of cloud sitting in place across parts of england and wales through tuesday morning. maybe the odd spot of drizzle around, but generally speaking, it'll be dry, just with a bit more in the way of cloud generally than we had during monday. conversely, for northern ireland and scotland, well, here we see long spells of sunshine. still quite breezy in the far north, and a little bit on the cool side here, i suppose. but the further south you are, top temperatures getting up to 25 degrees. now, a

and xu jishui struggles with setbacks. hello again. through this week, particularly the latter part of the week, temperatures are on the rise. today, for many of us, it is dry, there is sunshine around, but we have weather fronts coming in from the west introducing thicker cloud and also some patchy rain and drizzle across northern ireland and western scotland, and gusty winds with this, as well. temperatures ranging from 13 in lerwick to 25 in london. through this evening and overnight, that weather front sinks south, bumping into high pressure, so weakening, leaving us with a band of cloud and some spots of rain. but, on either side of it, we will have clear skies. but, nonetheless, it is not going to be a cold night. temperatures falling to between 9—13. tomorrow we start with spots of rain from the weather front, but they will soon dry up and, as the cloud sinks southwards, it will turn the sunshine hazy. but, behind it for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, we see a return to sunshine with temperatures around average

and xu jishui struggles with setbacks.oss much of the country grey and cloudy and in the country grey and cloudy and in the sunshine appeared across high—pressure building bacon. mainly dry, lengthy clear skies, particularly england and wales with southwestern areas in northern ireland, central southern scotland clear as well and in the northern isles, later went with clear skies looking a little bit cooler than the last few nights in in single figures for most. across much of the country for most. across much of the country for monday, we left these weather fronts which will come into play later in the day. plenty of sunshine around the wind picks up on the northwest of scotland with thicker cloud and epics of wrangling on later on in the day. the southern east, the mid—20s celsius. we could still up east, the mid—20s celsius. we could stillup ina east, the mid—20s celsius. we could still up in a frame with more clouds northern parts of the uk and to stay we will stayed warm dry and sunny across this is bbc news with the

xu jishui's company is one of the, on average, 70 start—ups established a day in wuhan's high—tech 0pticsig gamble. like xu, huang tiesen has also risked a lot to set up his software company and for the first few years, finding a source of finance was a constant challenge. competition is fierce and many start—ups won't make it to their second year. for both men, the advent of coronavirus has had a profound effect, both on the way they operate their businesses and on their relationship with the city they live in. tiesen recalls a moment during lockdown. for xu, his biggest fear was how the people of wuhan would be viewed by the outside world. now, both men and their companies are cautiously learning how to navigate life on the other side of the pandemic. and you can watch ‘three years in wuhan across years in wuhan' across the weekend and next week on bbc world news. and on saturday, monday and tuesday on bbc news in the uk. let's get some of the day's other news. nato ambassadors will hold an urgent meeting on friday, after the us said it will withdraw from the open skies aerial surveilla