... t China’s central bank has taken steps to support the economy, including reducing interest rates and flushing the market with liquidity, and will also now provide special funds for banks to lend to bu ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-11
... apital of central China's Hubei province managed to seize the window of opportunity and flee the city before the lockdown came into force. As of Sunday, the number of confirmed cases in the mainland h ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
The Li Ka Shing Foundation, a charitable organization founded by the Hong Kong billionaire, has donated HK$100 million (US$12.9 million) to central China's Wuhan city, the epicenter of the new coronav ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
... al of the central government it was sending a team to Wuhan. No details were provided. Many social media postings proclaimed Li a martyr and denounced Wuhan authorities for having silenced him and sev ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
... or at the Central Hospital of Wuhan, died of the disease. In an online chat group on Dec. 30, he informed fellow doctors of seven cases. Police visited him, accused him of “spreading rumors” and order ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
... inated in central China's Wuhan, has infected over 40,000 people in the country, forcing Beijing to extend holidays in key manufacturing bases and impose severe controls in major cities. Movement of g ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
... official Central News Agency said the scrambled F-16s carried live missiles. “The Chinese Communist’s long-range far-out-at-sea missions have impacted regional security and stability and endanger the ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
... e Chinese central government imposed a lockdown on 60 million people in Hubei province and its capital Wuhan, epicenter of the virus that emerged in December in a seafood market. The death toll from t ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
... ease. The central Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, reported 91 deaths as of Sunday, while in the provincial capital, Wuhan, 73 people had died. The number of new confirmed infections on ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
... ip of the central authorities, officials and ordinary citizens alike are focusing all their energy and resources on the fight against the epidemic, with local governments taking decisive and drastic a ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-07
Leaders of six major central banks undertaking joint research on digital currencies are considering holding their first meeting in mid-April in Washington, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. T ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-07
... us in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, the report said, citing hospital officials. An ophthalmologist, Li was one of eight people reprimanded by Wuhan police last mont ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-07
... Beijing, central authorities are considering delaying the annual meeting of the NPC, the country's top legislative body, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing five people familiar with the matter. “Th ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
... them: 1. Central-bank support first saved the global economy, but then encouraged bad behavior. What changed in the last 20 years? Central banks steered the global economy through periods of major up ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
Fatalities from the coronavirus epidemic are overwhelmingly concentrated in central China’s Wuhan city, which accounts for over 73 percent of deaths despite having only one-third the number of confirm ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
... an in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December, has rekindled memories in Hong Kong of a 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), another coronavirus that began in China and kil ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
... Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Centre on Wednesday, extends that restriction, the report noted. The new broad ban on Chinese citizens was put in place because of “the seriousness of the epidemic i ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
