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In hardly any other developed region of the world is the vaccination campaign progressing as slowly as in Hong Kong. Companies are now offering luxurious incentives: for example, those who want to be vaccinated can win an apartment worth more than one million euros or get extra vacation days. Whether the offer will have the intended effect is questionable. In Hong Kong, not vaccinating also has a political connotation. continue reading →

Senior financial executives in Hong Kong can apply for a suspension of the otherwise mandatory quarantine on entry. Hong Kong’s Financial Markets Authority informed about 500 listed banks and other financial service providers about the new exemption options last week, reports the South China Morning Post (SCMP). Many of the Hong Kong representative offices are […] continue reading →

Starting next year, new import rules for China will come into effect for foreign food manufacturers. From January 1, 2022, food manufacturers from abroad must be registered with Chinese customs, according to a decree issued by China’s General Directorate of Customs. According to the decree, this also applies to companies that process or store the […] continue reading →

The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to the Covid 19 vaccine from Chinese manufacturer Sinovac. This will provide assurance that the vaccine “meets international standards for safety, efficacy and manufacture,” according to a WHO statement on Tuesday. “The world urgently needs multiple Covid-19 vaccines to address the huge access […] continue reading →

Due to 20 new infections within a day Beijing on Monday once again imposed travel restrictions for the province of Guangdong. The number of new cases is the highest in months. Guangdong lies directly on the border with Hong Kong. In Liwan district in the southwest of the provincial metropolis of Guangzhou, where most of […] continue reading →

Taiwan has for the first time directly accused Beijing of blocking a supply deal with Mainz-based biopharma manufacturer Biontech for Covid-19 vaccines. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen told a ruling party meeting that orders for the vaccines from AstraZeneca and Moderna had gone “smoothly”, according to a report by Reuters news agency. “As for Germany’s Biontech, […] continue reading →

China’s vaccination campaign against Covid-19 has noticeably picked up speed. At the beginning of the week, the mark of 500 million vaccine doses administered was exceeded, according to the National Health Commission. Health services are now administering more than 20 million doses per day nationwide, according to the report. Of the vaccines approved in China, […] continue reading →

The Corona virus did not come from the wild, but from a laboratory - that's how current reports read, based on US intelligence sources. Serious scientists, however, see the illnesses of researchers in Wuhan in November 2019 as far from proof of a fatal accident. continue reading →

China wants to set up a “separation line” on Mount Everest. According to the government, this should prevent mountain guides and travellers from the People’s Republic and Nepal from infecting each other with the corona virus. A team of Tibetan mountain guides will draw the “dividing line” before climbers from the Chinese side reach the […] continue reading →