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Hong Kong government’s unjust resource allocation #FailedState
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As the new coronavirus continues to rage across China, some experts say information control by the Chinese government could be a contributing factor.
They argue that the central and local governments have prevented key information from reaching the public, keeping the Chinese people in the dark about how widespread the infection really is. This has made it difficult to put proper preventive measures in place.
Professor Ichiro Korogi, an expert in Chinese politics at the Kanda University of International Studies, says the government might have intentionally withheld information about the infection for the sake of political stability.
In fact, media reports say measures against the new coronavirus were not on the agenda at the Congress. As a result, no sense of crisis was shared with the public, allowing a traditional event called Wan Jia Yan, attended by tens of thousands, to go ahead in Wuhan on 18 as scheduled.
Source : NHK (13-FEB)
#CoronavirusOutbreak #COVID19
They argue that the central and local governments have prevented key information from reaching the public, keeping the Chinese people in the dark about how widespread the infection really is. This has made it difficult to put proper preventive measures in place.
Professor Ichiro Korogi, an expert in Chinese politics at the Kanda University of International Studies, says the government might have intentionally withheld information about the infection for the sake of political stability.
In fact, media reports say measures against the new coronavirus were not on the agenda at the Congress. As a result, no sense of crisis was shared with the public, allowing a traditional event called Wan Jia Yan, attended by tens of thousands, to go ahead in Wuhan on 18 as scheduled.
Source : NHK (13-FEB)
#CoronavirusOutbreak #COVID19
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Forwarded from 📡Guardians of Hong Kong
#ChinaEconomy #Crisis
"It’s time for global businesses to admit it: China isn’t a good investment"
The Washington Post, Feb 14, 2020
//The coronavirus outbreak is... an economic as well as a humanitarian crisis.
...Companies have to wonder whether China is peculiarly at risk for these mysterious epidemics. The SARS virus exploded out of China in 2003, causing thousands of infections with a 10 percent mortality rate...But no other global power has had two mysterious, rapidly spreading viruses arise in this time period. Is it worth the risk that it could happen again?
Combined, these factors will increasingly make it cost-effective to bring manufacturing back to the developed world or countries in those nations’ sphere of influence.
None of this will happen overnight, but any rational company has to see the writing on the wall. Slow but steady disengagement with China will cost money in the short term but will likely pay off big in the long term.//
Image: Bloomberg
"It’s time for global businesses to admit it: China isn’t a good investment"
The Washington Post, Feb 14, 2020
//The coronavirus outbreak is... an economic as well as a humanitarian crisis.
...Companies have to wonder whether China is peculiarly at risk for these mysterious epidemics. The SARS virus exploded out of China in 2003, causing thousands of infections with a 10 percent mortality rate...But no other global power has had two mysterious, rapidly spreading viruses arise in this time period. Is it worth the risk that it could happen again?
Combined, these factors will increasingly make it cost-effective to bring manufacturing back to the developed world or countries in those nations’ sphere of influence.
None of this will happen overnight, but any rational company has to see the writing on the wall. Slow but steady disengagement with China will cost money in the short term but will likely pay off big in the long term.//
Image: Bloomberg
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Summary of Department of Health Press conference dated 13 Feb.
Original image: StandNews
Original image: StandNews
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Hundreds in Hong Kong protest against plans to open coronavirus clinics in residential areas
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2020/02/17/hundreds-hong-kong-protest-plans-open-coronavirus-clinics-residential-areas/
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2020/02/17/hundreds-hong-kong-protest-plans-open-coronavirus-clinics-residential-areas/
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hundreds in Hong Kong protest against plans to open coronavirus clinics in residential areas
Protests unfolded around Hong Kong over the weekend against government plans to set up designated coronavirus clinics near residential areas. The demonstrations came as the Hospital Authority announced that 18 out-patient clinics in 17 districts would be…
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2041 #好片推介 #香港保衛戰 #理大之戰 #火與水 #反送中
英國電視台Channel 4推出了以香港反送中抗爭為主題，名為《香港保衛戰》(The Battle for Hong Kong) 的紀錄片，而美國《紐約時報》的每周時事節目The Weekly最新一集《火與水》(Fire and Water) 則以理大之戰為主題。各位讀者如有興趣，請到以下官方網站收看相關節目。
《Channel 4 —— 香港保衛戰》
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-battle-for-hong-kong/on-demand/70488-001
《紐約時報——The Weekly：火與水》
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/the-weekly/hong-kong-protest-polyu.html
#Channel4 #TheNewYorkTimes
英國電視台Channel 4推出了以香港反送中抗爭為主題，名為《香港保衛戰》(The Battle for Hong Kong) 的紀錄片，而美國《紐約時報》的每周時事節目The Weekly最新一集《火與水》(Fire and Water) 則以理大之戰為主題。各位讀者如有興趣，請到以下官方網站收看相關節目。
《Channel 4 —— 香港保衛戰》
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-battle-for-hong-kong/on-demand/70488-001
《紐約時報——The Weekly：火與水》
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/the-weekly/hong-kong-protest-polyu.html
#Channel4 #TheNewYorkTimes