Month: January 2022

Absolute poverty is a global problem and its alleviation is set on the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development by the UN. China is said to have reached this goal as early as the end of 2020. President Xi Jinping officially declared in February 2021 that China achieved the eradication of absolute pov...

Nearly twenty years ago, one vehicle license number fetched close to 25,000 Euros in the first public auction of license plates in Guangzhou. Auctions continue to be held bimonthly in Chinese cities, but chances to obtain a plate with the desired number combination have become close to zero. The gov...

                  On December 4th, The Economist reported the following in an article entitled Omicronomics : If the Omicron variant is more infectious than other strains, it will increase the likelihood of covid-19 outbreaks i...