China
Facing a recession
(Fri, 27 Mar 2020)
It’s now clear the impact of the virus is going to be global and sustained, with a recession that will likely extend into 2021. The numbers out of China over the past week have painted the same picture of massive economic slowdown, and while there are signs that the very low infection rate in China […]
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China’s larger than usual oil stockpile gets even larger as prices plummet (Fri, 27 Mar 2020)
As oil prices have dropped to an 18-year low, China’s oil storage sector has seen demand soar as companies hoard the fossil fuel, reported Caixin. Since March 7, the day after talks between oil-producers cartel OPEC and Russia collapsed and prices began to plummet, Chinese ports have added around 1.5 million tons of commercial crude oil to […]
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China’s industrial firms post steepest fall in profits in a decade (Fri, 27 Mar 2020)
Profits at China’s industrial firms slumped in the first two months of the year to their lowest in at least a decade, with the mining, manufacturing and power sectors all seeing sharp falls, as a virus epidemic battered China’s economy, reported Reuters. Profits earned by Chinese industrial firms in the first two months dropped 38.3% […]
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Job openings in China fall over 30% amid coronavirus (Fri, 27 Mar 2020)
Job openings in China for the first two months of this year dropped by more than 30% as the coronavirus epidemic severely disrupted economic activity, a new survey has found, reported Caixin. A joint project between Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management and Zhaopin, one of China’s largest hiring platforms, the survey covered about 1 […]
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China to ban most foreign arrivals in effort to block contagion’s spread (Fri, 27 Mar 2020)
China will ban most foreigners from entering the country starting at midnight on Friday in an effort to block the spread of the coronavirus through imported cases, reported the South China Morning Post. Entry visas issued to foreigners will be suspended as an “interim measure”, according to a statement late Thursday by the country’s foreign […]
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It’s now clear the impact of the virus is going to be global and sustained, with a recession that will likely extend into 2021. The numbers out of China over the past week have painted the same picture of massive economic slowdown, and while there are signs that the very low infection rate in China […]
>> Read More
China’s larger than usual oil stockpile gets even larger as prices plummet (Fri, 27 Mar 2020)
As oil prices have dropped to an 18-year low, China’s oil storage sector has seen demand soar as companies hoard the fossil fuel, reported Caixin. Since March 7, the day after talks between oil-producers cartel OPEC and Russia collapsed and prices began to plummet, Chinese ports have added around 1.5 million tons of commercial crude oil to […]
>> Read More
China’s industrial firms post steepest fall in profits in a decade (Fri, 27 Mar 2020)
Profits at China’s industrial firms slumped in the first two months of the year to their lowest in at least a decade, with the mining, manufacturing and power sectors all seeing sharp falls, as a virus epidemic battered China’s economy, reported Reuters. Profits earned by Chinese industrial firms in the first two months dropped 38.3% […]
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Job openings in China fall over 30% amid coronavirus (Fri, 27 Mar 2020)
Job openings in China for the first two months of this year dropped by more than 30% as the coronavirus epidemic severely disrupted economic activity, a new survey has found, reported Caixin. A joint project between Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management and Zhaopin, one of China’s largest hiring platforms, the survey covered about 1 […]
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China to ban most foreign arrivals in effort to block contagion’s spread (Fri, 27 Mar 2020)
China will ban most foreigners from entering the country starting at midnight on Friday in an effort to block the spread of the coronavirus through imported cases, reported the South China Morning Post. Entry visas issued to foreigners will be suspended as an “interim measure”, according to a statement late Thursday by the country’s foreign […]
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The risk of becoming infected with malware through advertising on web pages is 95%
(Sat, 11 Jun 2016)
Browse plagued certain pages of advertising in the form of pop ups continued carries a great risk of infecting our computers end up with some sort of malware. This is confirmed by a study published on jtautosecurity.co.uk/ which states that “The probability that an average Internet user with a page infected after three months of navigation […]
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Browse plagued certain pages of advertising in the form of pop ups continued carries a great risk of infecting our computers end up with some sort of malware. This is confirmed by a study published on jtautosecurity.co.uk/ which states that “The probability that an average Internet user with a page infected after three months of navigation […]
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Japan
サウジ記者失踪～婚約者の寄稿：My Fiancé Jamal Khashoggi Was a Lonely Patriot @nytimes
(Wed, 17 Oct 2018)
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記者席の小競り合い:BuzzFeed v Leigh Sales (Fri, 10 Jul 2015)
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アカウンタビリティ≠説明責任:Definition of Accountability (Fri, 27 Feb 2015)
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「テロリストは全員イスラム教徒」の嘘を数字で検証:Are All Terrorists Muslims? No (Fri, 16 Jan 2015)
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シャルリー・エブドの風刺画で不覚にも連想したもの:Charlie Hebdo cartoons remind me of.. (Sat, 10 Jan 2015)
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記者席の小競り合い:BuzzFeed v Leigh Sales (Fri, 10 Jul 2015)
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アカウンタビリティ≠説明責任:Definition of Accountability (Fri, 27 Feb 2015)
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「テロリストは全員イスラム教徒」の嘘を数字で検証:Are All Terrorists Muslims? No (Fri, 16 Jan 2015)
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シャルリー・エブドの風刺画で不覚にも連想したもの:Charlie Hebdo cartoons remind me of.. (Sat, 10 Jan 2015)
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