group of reporters taking some voting stations up to a remote area in west bengal. because of the sheer volume of people, they are having to stagger the voting this year. there will be seven polling dates and the counting of the votes will happen on the 4th ofjune. china s economy is facing its biggest economic challenge in two decades. the so called factory of the world is struggling to recover from years of covid lockdowns and a global economic downturn. many western firms are worried that low cost chinese made goods will force them out of business. laura bicker, has been to the country s manufacturing hub. this man is a lifelong factory worker who s helped forge china s rise. this is your home?. everything he owns is behind this door. but as china s economy falters, the last firm he worked for closed without warning, leaving him without his
james, we continue to watch, to wait to see if there are any pointers about how israel is going to respond with un secretary general talking about the whole middle east being on about the whole middle east being on a process biz. thanks for the latest there from jerusalem. china s economy is facing its biggest economic challenge in two decades. the so called factory of the world is struggling to recover from years of covid lockdowns and a global economic downturn. president xijinping s plan is to make and sell more electric cars, solar panels and wind turbines to sell to the uk and europe. but that has many western firms worried that low cost chinese made goods will force them out of business. our china correspondent, laura bicker, has been to the country s manufacturing hub. this man is a lifelong factory worker who s helped forge china s rise. everything he owns is behind this door. but as china s economy falters,
faster than expected at the start of this year, by 5.3%, boosted by its firm focus on manufacturing after a prolonged slump in its badly hit property market. the country has invested in making high end products like electric vehicles, solar panels and batteries, to be sold around the world. but now their domination in that market is causing tension with the west, amidst fears it ll become too reliant on cheaper chinese green solutions, and at home with the manufacturing workforce. our china correspondent laura bicker reports. ren wenbing is a lifelong factory worker who s helped forge china s rise. this is your home? everything he owns is behind this door. but as china s economy falters, the last firm he worked for closed without warning, leaving him without his redundancy pay, which will take years to earn back.
but that has many western firms worried that low cost chinese goods will force them out of business. our china correspondent, laura bicker, has been to the country s manufacturing hub to take the pulse of the chinese economy. this man is a lifelong factory worker who s helped forge china s rise. this is your home?. everything he owns is behind this door. but as china s economy falters, the last firm he worked for closed without warning, leaving him without his redundancy pay, which will take years to earn back. translation: it s hard to find newjobs. - we are old and we don t have many skills. it most companies only hire younger people. he spent 16 years of his life in what is now a concrete shell.
he s not wrong. let s look at this photo here. this is a group of porters taking some voting stations up to a remote area in west bengal. because of the sheer volume of people, they are having to stagger the voting this year. there will be seven polling dates and the counting of the votes will happen on the 11th ofjune. china s economy is facing its biggest economic challenge in two decades. the so called factory of the world is struggling to recover from years of covid lockdowns and a global economic downturn. many western firms are worried that low cost chinese made goods will force them out of business. laura bicker, has been to the country s manufacturing hub. this man is a lifelong factory worker who s helped forge china s rise. this is your home?. everything he owns is behind this door. but as china s economy falters, the last firm he worked for closed without warning, leaving him without his