Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.
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I'm James Menendez.
President Trump is expected to head to Asia at the end of this week,
a trip during which he may meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
The stability of the global economy is likely to be at the top of the agenda, but the president,
striking an upbeat tone, saying he thinks he'll do a, quote, fantastic trade deal with China.
Beijing certainly has good reason to hope for an end to their trade dispute.
It's put a lot of pressure on a Chinese economy that was already under strain after more than 30 years of breakneck growth that lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty.
The slowdowns led to falling house prices,
job insecurity and large numbers of young people simply without a job.
The Chinese Communist Party has a grand bargain with its citizens,
an unwritten social contract, if you like.
People would accept one party rule and restrictions on freedoms in exchange for a better life.
But what happens when that better life is no longer guaranteed?
Our China correspondent Laura Bicker has been finding out.
So the stairs are completely flooded.
Watch the wire.
Peng Zhou is leading me through the flooded parking garage of his unfinished home.
This construction worker was once living the dream sold to him by his leaders.