Singapore PM calls for end to US-China blame game
SINGAPORE, Mar 30, 2020, SCMP. Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday it…
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The People’s Republic of China is an economy of 1.3 billion people. When it joined APEC in 1991, it had a real GDP of USD 906 billion and a per capita GDP of USD 788. Today it is the second-largest economy in the world. By 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 9.5 trillion, while its per capita GDP increased nine-fold to USD 6,800.
[Analytics] Why Chinese-speaking tour guides don’t mourn Chinese absence in Russia now
Until the coronavirus pandemic shut tourism down, half the foreign visitors to Russia were from…
Jack Ma and Alibaba foundations donate a total of 1.7 million face masks to seven more countries in Asia
HANGZHOU, Mar 29, 2020, ANTARA, Business Wire. The Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation…
Four Chinese arrested in Thailand trying to cross into Myanmar by boat
TAK, Mar 29, 2020, Bangkok Post. Four Chinese nationals were arrested on Saturday trying to…
Italy’s coronavirus death toll inches towards 10,000
ROME, Mar 28, 2020, CNN. When Milan resident Antonia Mortensen was pulled over by police…
Lockdown will reduce estimated coronavirus fatalities from 260,000 to 5,700 in UK: Scientists
LONDON, Mar 28, 2020, The Times. Britain is on course for an estimated 5,700 deaths…
China sends medical team to Pakistan
BEIJING, Mar 28, 2020, Xinhua. China has sent a team of medical experts to Pakistan…
[Analytics] Why Xi should hand out cash to Chinese as Trump do for Americans
Beijing appears to be relying on its usual method of boosting infrastructure to offset the…
Global shortage of condoms is looming as factories in Malaysia under coronavirus lockdown
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 27, 2020, Bangkok Post. A global shortage of condoms is looming, the…
‘Printing money’: booming mask producers in China meet global demand
BEIJING, Mar 27, 2020, AFP. As the coronavirus pandemic that originated in a central Chinese…
US surpassed China and Italy on cases of confirmed coronavirus cases
NEW YORK, Mar 27, 2020, CNN. The United States now has the highest number of…
No foreign nationals entry in China from Mar 28
BEIJING, Mar 26, 2020, Xinhua. China Thursday night announced temporary suspension of entry by foreign…