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As the coronavirus pandemic decimates economies worldwide, we all need to make sacrifices
Covid-19 has thrown the world economy into turmoil. Hong Kong’s gross domestic product dropped 8.9 per cent on a year on year basis in the first quarter, the largest decline…
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Hong Kong’s Central trails Singapore, Tokyo – and now Seoul’s Gangnam – as it slips down EY index of global business districts
Hong Kong has slipped two notches to 13th in a list of the 21 most attractive global business districts compiled by auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) and the Urban…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong unfairly targeting South African returnees for quarantine
It is amazing that the Hong Kong government is now also requiring residents returning from South Africa to stay in quarantine camps.South Africa did a complete lockdown, and because of…
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In second inaugural address, Tsai lays out plans to prepare Taiwan for a changing global economy
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will head into her second term with a renewed focus on building the island’s economy and governance reform, analysts said, while navigating the challenges of cross-strait…
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The West has lost its way, but China may not be the beneficiary, says historian Wang Gungwu
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, human lives are being threatened and daily activities are impacted on an unprecedented scale and intensity. People everywhere are trying to understand…
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Coronavirus lawsuits targeting China may put it off international law for good
With the international community pelting canards at China for its failure to act on Covid-19 and states demanding reparation to the tune of billions, the heat is on China to…
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Baidu chief calls for coordinated Chinese government approach for personal data collected during pandemic
Baidu chief executive Robin Li Yanhong has called for Chinese government bodies to work together on a coordinated approach to manage the personal data collected and stored during the coronavirus…
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China-Australia free trade deal may soften virus spat, but won’t halt anti-dumping probes, experts say
Australia’s free trade agreement with China could temper a potential full-blown trade war between the two countries, but it will not stop further anti-dumping investigations, trade lawyers say, amid concerns…
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Weak demand now stands in the way of China’s economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis
There are three phases in China’s economic evolution as it weathers the Covid-19 pandemic. The first was the initial “plunge”, reflected in the economic paralysis caused by the rapid spread…
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Coronavirus pandemic may reverse human development for first time in 30 years, UN says
The novel coronavirus outbreak has starkly exposed inequalities worldwide and could set back human development for the first time since 1990, the United Nations said on Wednesday.It said the crisis…