by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 16, 2024 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Typhoon Yagi hit China’s southern Hainan island earlier this month and has caused devastation in Southeast Asia. In Myanmar, Yagi caused at least 74 deaths with dozens missing. Four deaths were reported in Hainan, at least 10 have died in Thailand and 20 in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 31, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
“Beyond Shanghai, restrictions on inter-regional mobility mean that supply-chain snarls will not disappear overnight,” wrote Bloomberg Economics Chief Asia Economist Chang Shu in a Tuesday note. “A retreat in virus infections allowed Shanghai to begin reopening. But...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 5, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
The costs to the world’s second-biggest economy mount. Some 23 Chinese cities are under total or partial lockdown, affecting an estimated 193 million people in areas accounting for 13.6% of its gross domestic product, the Nomura brokerage said in a note on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2022 | Health, International News, Pandemic
Shanghai will conduct city-wide nucleic acid testing on Monday. The city on Monday reported 425 confirmed and 8,581 asymptomatic domestically transmitted cases, the highest daily increases since the latest outbreak, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 29, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Policy
A survey conducted by a state newspaper found Shenzhen’s “war” on COVID-19 has hurt up to 93% of local small and medium-sized companies, with many suffering production disruptions because of shutdowns, interruptions in supply chains, and delays in...
