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90 court cases related to 2019 Hong Kong protests took 300 to 400 days to conclude
//Drawing from some 90 protest-related cases, the security secretary said that the time between the date of defendants’ first appearance at Magistrates’ Courts and the conclusion of their case at the District Court was around 30 per cent longer than other criminal cases.//
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https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/27/90-court-cases-related-to-2019-hong-kong-protests-took-300-to-400-days-to-conclude/
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Source: HKFP; #Apr29
90 court cases related to 2019 Hong Kong protests took 300 to 400 days to conclude
//Drawing from some 90 protest-related cases, the security secretary said that the time between the date of defendants’ first appearance at Magistrates’ Courts and the conclusion of their case at the District Court was around 30 per cent longer than other criminal cases.//
Read full article
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/27/90-court-cases-related-to-2019-hong-kong-protests-took-300-to-400-days-to-conclude/
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Source: HKFP; #Apr29
Is China Juicing GDP Data? Economists Can’t Help But Wonder
It’s both the most tantalizing and persistent question in global economics: Is China cooking the gross domestic product books?
Admittedly, it’s been asked myriad times over the last decade. Often, it’s when growth rates among China’s 23 provinces deviate from the national figure the Communist Party includes in quarterly press releases.
Even by these standards, though, China’s reported GDP acceleration to 4.8% in the first quarter from 4% the previous one inspired a bull market in head-scratching. It made no sense amid cascading property markets and the return of large-scale Covid-19 lockdowns.
Source: Forbes #Apr29
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2022/04/29/is-china-juicing-gdp-data-economists-cant-help-but-wonder/?sh=329cf5b239c7
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It’s both the most tantalizing and persistent question in global economics: Is China cooking the gross domestic product books?
Admittedly, it’s been asked myriad times over the last decade. Often, it’s when growth rates among China’s 23 provinces deviate from the national figure the Communist Party includes in quarterly press releases.
Even by these standards, though, China’s reported GDP acceleration to 4.8% in the first quarter from 4% the previous one inspired a bull market in head-scratching. It made no sense amid cascading property markets and the return of large-scale Covid-19 lockdowns.
Source: Forbes #Apr29
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2022/04/29/is-china-juicing-gdp-data-economists-cant-help-but-wonder/?sh=329cf5b239c7
#China #GDP #COVID19