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China Seeks Aggressive Growth Two Sessions: Amid Uncertainty, China’s Quest for Bold Development China’s annual “Two Sessions" meeting has approved national priorities for 2021. Delivered by Premier Li Keqiang, the Government Work Report set a growth target of over 6 percent for Chinese economy for 2021, releasing a numeric goal after it was skipped in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. China plans to create more than 11 million new jobs in 2021, while keeping inflation rate (CPI) at 3 p...

Last year, four major opportunities to battle COVID-19 were missed. If vaccine inequality will prevail in the coming months, that would represent the fifth missed opportunity – with prohibitive human costs and economic damage. Recently, I was virtually at the prestigious Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue (Vienna, Austria) and had a conversation with Ambassador Irene Giner-Reichl (for the video, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUcGG22B_YA ). The focus was on the missed opportunities and the future of the global pandemic future. Recently, UN Secretary-General Antonio ...

Dr. Dan Steinbock in Conversation with Ambassador Irene Giner-Reichl Author: Feb 23, 2021 The current Covid19 pandemic seems to be favoring a strong emphasis on national decision-making (manifested, inter alia by border closings), mounting rivalry between major nations, including the use of vaccines to strengthen alliances and a weakening of multilateralism. As could be expected, the impact of the pandemic is worst on under-privileged segments of the world’s population and on emerging economies. Two reports authored by Dan Steinbock, Founder of The Difference Group, for the Shanghai Institu...

Vaccine Inequality: A New Beginning or Another Missed Opportunity? Author: Feb 23, 2021 Last year, four major opportunities to battle COVID-19 were missed. If vaccine inequality will prevail in the coming months, that would represent the fifth missed opportunity – with prohibitive human costs and economic damage. Recently, I was virtually at the prestigious Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue (Vienna, Austria) and had a conversation with Ambassador Irene Giner-Reichl (for the video, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUcGG22B_YA ). The focus was on the missed opportunities and ...

Vaccine Inequality Would Create Added Misery For All And Trillions Additional Costs A new beginning or another missed opportunity? Last year, four major opportunities to battle COVID-19 were missed. If vaccine inequality will prevail in the coming months, that would represent the fifth missed opportunity - with prohibitive human costs and economic damage. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Recently, I was virtually at the prestigious Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue (Vienna, Austria) and had a conversation with Ambass...