Hubei city reopens for business, then closes again 30 minutes later
WUHAN, Mar 15, 2020, SCMP. Authorities in a central Chinese city close to the epicentre…
China
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.
US sanction threat spurred Indonesia to drop Russia, China weapons deals
JAKARTA, Mar 14, 2020, SCMP. The Trump administration pressured Indonesia into dropping deals to buy…
Thai tourism ministry hopes for post-virus tourist bounce
BANGKOK, Mar 14, 2020, Bangkok Post. The Tourism and Sports Ministry is expecting 36.9 million…
Metro Manila quarantine: Travel only to get supplies and for work until Apr 14
MANILA, Mar 14, 2020, PhilStar. The Palace has released a memorandum operationalizing community quarantine imposed…
Weakness of the yuan is strongly affecting the revenue of Myanmar’s traders
NAY PYI TAW, Mar 14, 2020, Myanmar Times. Despite the gradual resumption of border trade…
India’s Rajasthan goes into lockdown mode
NEW DELHI, Mar 14, 2020, Hindustan Times. The Rajasthan government has ordered closure of schools,…
Jack Ma foundation to donate 1 mln masks and 500,000 testing kits to US
HANGZHOU, Mar 14, 2020, Xinhua. The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation will donate 1…
Visitors vanish from Asia’s most visited sites
SIEM REAP, Mar 14, 2020, AFP. As dawn breaks the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor…
Apple reopens all 42 retail stores in China
BEIJING, Mar 13, 2020, The Hindu. As the novel coronavirus situation improves in mainland China,…
Asia-Pacific markets slump after US stocks fell into bear market territory
BEIJING, Mar 13, 2020, China Daily. The recent panicky sell-offs on Wall Street have roiled…
[Analytics] Global economy faces a ‘$2 trillion hit’
The United Nations has warned that the global economy faces “a US$2 trillion hit” in…
Mango from Cambodia is loved in S. Korea: KOTRA
PHNOM PENH, Mar 12, 2020, The Phnom Penh Post. Cambodian mango is proving popular among…