[Analytics] Impact of coronavirus epidemic to have widespread spillovers to the region and rest of the world
The escalation of the virus outbreak and slowdown in China would result in a deduction…
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.
Hubei province reports spike in new confirmed cases and deaths after change in diagnostic criteria
WUHAN, Feb 13, 2020, SCMP. Health authorities in China’s Hubei province – the epicentre of…
Vietnam’s 2020 GDP growth could fall to 7-year low
HANOI, Feb 13, 2020, VN Express. The severity of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic is…
Cruise ship shunned over coronavirus fears arrives in Cambodia
HANOI, Feb 13, 2020, CNA. A cruise ship that had spent two weeks at sea…
China calls on countries to lift coronavirus travel restrictions
BEIJING, Feb 13, 2020, Xinhua. China’s aviation authority expressed the hope that certain countries would…
Mayor of Shanghai become a senior party official of China’s Hubei province
WUHAN, Feb 13, 2020, China Daily. As approved by the Communist Party of China Central…
Japan takes issue with Hyundai Heavy-Daewoo Shipbuilding deal
SEOUL, Feb 12, 2020, Yonhap. Japan has taken issue with Hyundai Heavy Industries’ deal to…
Thailand risks slipping to 3rd place in rice exports
BANGKOK, Feb 12, 2020, Bangkok Post. Thailand risks losing its place as the world’s second…
Call for overhaul of early warning process as coronavirus deaths hit 1,115
BEIJING, Feb 12, 2020, SCMP. China’s health authority reported 97 new deaths attributable to the…
WHO brands coronavirus ‘public enemy number one’ as it officially names it Covid-19
GUANGZHOU/GENEVA, Feb 12, 2020, Reuters. The coronavirus outbreak in China may be over by April,…
[Analytics] Halal food market in the Asia Pacific is rising
In cooperation with the FEFU Center of Expertise and Analysis (CES) At the beginning of…
[Analytics] Coronavirus and a tale of two milks, in Italy and China
The deadly spread of the coronavirus is casting an enormous shadow, with the World Health…