by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 27, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
Observers were already talking about China falling into the middle-income trap and now, evidence has come to light that the country is finding it hard to keep its miracle of sustained higher growth rates anywhere closer to 10 per cent or more recorded during the late...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 26, 2023 | Data, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
However,there is great skepticism about the COVID data released by China and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently accused it of underplaying the seriousness of the pandemic by concealing the true nature of the situation in the country, the Hong Kong Post...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The National Bureau of Statistics reported a total of 10.41 million deaths in 2022, averaging 867,500 deaths per month. The announced 59,938 COVID-19-related deaths over a month, showcased 7 per cent of 2022’s monthly average deaths, which is in no way...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 18, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
India’s population stood at 1.417 billion as of end 2022, according to estimates from the World Population Review, an independent organization focused on census and demographics.That’s a little over 5 million more than the 1.412 billion reported by China Tuesday...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic, Policy
Significantly this year, China’s GDP in terms of dollars declined from USD 18 trillion in 2021 to USD 17.94 trillion last year mainly due to a sharp rise of the dollar against RMB (the Chinese currency) in 2022 The slow pace was blamed mainly on the strictly...