China's GDP grew by 2.3 percent in 2020 to reach 101.59 trillion yuan (US$15.66 trillion), achieving better than expected results in most sectors and crossing the threshold of 100 trillion yuan. China now accounts for 17 percent of the global economy, and its per capita GDP of close to US$11,000 places it among the upper-middle-income […]
It is no doubt good news for Hong Kong society that the temporary hospital set up specifically for COVID-19 patients next to the AsiaWorld-Expo and Hong Kong International Airport will soon begin receiving patients. It can accommodate up to 820 persons with negative pressure beds for treatment in isolation. However, the temporary hospital is not […]
Whilst freedom of speech is a value much cherished, one would expect that such a right would be exercised wisely by those in office with the correct factual basis and objectivity. The personal attacks and criticisms levied against Mr David Perry, QC, who was earlier instructed by the Department of Justice (DoJ) of the Hong […]
There is not a shadow of doubt that the commissioning of the newly-completed temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients, built with the help of the Chinese mainland, will greatly boost Hong Kong’s ability to contain the pandemic. Before herd immunity is achieved by having enough residents vaccinated, which is unlikely within a few months given the […]
(SONG CHEN / CHINA DAILY) The United Kingdom implemented the second round of national lockdown in November 2020 and the third round in January 2021. Unfortunately, the lockdowns in the UK have not been as effective as those in China. Unlike China, for example, the lockdowns in the UK have caused major disruptions, intensified people's […]
BANGKOK, Jan 20, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – PTT Global Chemical PCL (SET:PTTGC) Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang discusses the company’s strategy and outlook in The Executive Talk (TET) by ShareInvestor.com.TET: What are GC’s current business execution strategies? What is the rationale behind the expansion towards the downstream industry?GC’s strategies are based on 3 major strategies. The first […]
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the introduction of the new family planning policy that encourages all couples to have two children so as to raise the birth rate to cope with rapid aging population problem. At a time when China is undergoing tremendous demographic changes, the family planning policy has acquired added significance. […]
After being sworn in as US president on Wednesday, Joe Biden is likely to move quickly to transform most dimensions of US policy. A glaring exception is China. But if Biden maintains his predecessor Donald Trump's confrontational approach to the world's second-largest economy, he will come to regret it. While Biden may be less overtly […]
Since Hong Kong’s reunion with the Chinese mainland in 1997, the practice of “one country, two systems” in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has been incessantly and unrelentingly criticized by Western politicians, media, opinion leaders, NGOs, human rights organizations and international bodies dominated by the West. Recently, some Westerners have even claimed that “one […]
In a report issued by the International Monetary Fund on Jan 8, it has, for the first time, included US financial sanctions against China as a negative factor impeding China’s economic growth. The report also cites IMF experts predicting that the Biden administration will not revise its oppressive China Policy, and that Sino-US financial decoupling […]
With the political landscape in Hong Kong getting more complex in recent years, election-related disturbances and social unrest have increased, posing a growing threat not only to the Hong Kong SAR’s governance but also China’s national security. The illegal “35-plus primary”, planned and organized by the political radicals, dubbed the “mutual destruction camp”, last summer, […]
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Jan 18, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Greenbriar Capital Corp. (TSXV: GRB) (OTC Pink: GEBRF) (“Greenbriar”) is pleased to announce that on January 20th, 2021, a new President will be sworn into office in the United States. The Company believes the new administration and the House and the Senate, which is majority controlled by the same […]