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WHO: China’s Zero-COVID policy unsustainable
China’s stringent zero-COVID policies are not able to contain the current omicron variant because of the highly infectious nature, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) in a press conference on Tuesday 17 May. But the WHO also added each country can make its own decisions, even when they do not make sense according to scientific evidence, reports AP.Read More →
China cancels international events for 2023
By lack of a decent crystal ball, predicting how and when the current Covid-19 restrictions in China will end is tough. But the recent news that China is canceling planned international sporting events for June 2023, is certainly bad news.
Reuters reports half May 2022 the country is canceling the 2023 Asian Football Cup finals due to the COVID-19 situation in the country.Read More →
Coalitions of the weak: the road from Mao to Xi – Victor Shih
Political scientist Victor Shih discusses his upcoming book, Coalitions of the Weak, on the road from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping, who will likely enter his third term as China’s undisputed later in 2022. Read More →
China lockdowns hurt multinational firms – Ben Cavender
Global companies have been warning of the major effects of China’s lockdown on their operations, curtailing Shanghai for more than six weeks. But they have very few alternatives apart from sitting out the ordeal, says Shanghai-based business analyst Ben Cavender to CNN. The corporate exodus from Russia after the invasion of Ukraine did not help. For sure, consumption in China is down.Read More →
China sticks to dynamic zero Covid policies
China’s leading paper, the People’s Daily, Xinhua News, and other state media confirmed the country will stick to its current stringent policies for fighting the COVID-19 virus, says the China Media Projects, and other media.Read More →
How China is changing the world – Arnold Ma
London-based marketer Arnold Ma explains at SXSW how China’s Gen Z has changed the country and is now changing the world.Read More →
Why Guangzhou has most women billionaires – Rupert Hoogewerf
Compared to the rest of the world, China has the most female billionaires, while Guangzhou tops the list. Rupert Hoogewerf, the Hurun Rich list chief researcher, explains why China and especially Guangzhou is doing better than other countries in Money Control. Read More →
What can marketers learn from China – Ashley Dudarenok
Marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok explains what marketers can learn from China, and how e-commerce in China will change the rest of the world. Read More →
What makes China’s economic growth tick – Arthur Kroeber
Leading China economist Arthur Kroeber discusses the basis of the country’s economic growth and its relations with the US, at a panel of the Brown China Summit. Kroeber “explained that China’s alignment with Russia is an effort to erode the current U.S. global order in order to create more space for the two countries.”Read More →
China’s tricky relation with Russia – Victor Shih
In the ongoing war in Ukraine, China’s biggest fear is Russia becoming a democracy, says political analyst Victor Shih at a panel of the Brown China Summit. But “rationally, I agree that China would not intervene in any way,” says Shih.Read More →
Why the Shanghai lockdown was necessary – Shaun Rein
Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein – in this sixth week of quarantine – explains why it was needed for the 26-million city to lock down fully.Read More →
Challenging Australia’s Sinophobia – Shaun Rein
Business guru Shaun Rein challenges Australia’s recent wave of Sinophobia by its politicians, and not questioned by its prime-minister Scott Morrison, while Australia and China are natural allies, says Rein.Read More →