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...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 14, 2023 | Health, International News, Non-Life
Investigation of the signal raised a question of whether people 65 and older who received the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent shot were more likely to have an ischemic stroke, a loss of blood flow in the brain, in the 21 days following vaccination compared with days 22-44...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 8, 2023 | Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
Boxes of Paxlovid are changing hands for as much as 50,000 yuan ($7,313.15), more than 20 times the original price of 2,300 yuan, according to local media reports and social media posts. Beijing has been largely resistant to Western vaccines, but has greenlighted...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Global unease has grown about the accuracy of China’s reporting of an outbreak that has filled hospitals and overwhelmed some funeral homes since Beijing abruptly reversed its “zero COVID” policy Data from China shows no new coronavirus variant has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 3, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Beijing: China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. A growing number of countries are worried about a lack of data and transparency surrounding China’s outbreak. Here is why it is...
