It's been 2022. Time rushes, 1 event dispels another. What was today's most crucial issue focusing the media around the world, next day becomes a faded story.
Therefore, it is worth debossing any of them, and remember the chosen ones. We wrote about this in 2022:
January
* Oh, my God * In the world's largest "artificial sun", the fusion tokamak reactor, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak EAST "HL-2M" for 17 minutes and 6 seconds managed to keep the temperature of 70 million Celsius. That's more than a red times the temperature inside the Sun.
The Institute of Material Studies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hefea (中科院合肥物质科学研究院) has been working for many years on the improvement of this technology initially developed by russian dormitories in the 1950s (one of the authors was Andrei Sakharov, who ceased his technological work in protest against the improvement of hydrogen weapons by the USSR). russian physicists are besides followed by scientists from the European Union (ITER), India, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the USA. All these studies have a common goal: to accomplish a permanent controlled atomic fusion that provides an almost unlimited quantity of clean and highly inexpensive energy production. But the road to this goal is inactive far away, and there is an different number of method and technological problems.
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- https://view.news.qq.com/a/20220103A03S5N00
- https://www.shobserver.com/staticsg/res/html/web/newsDetail.html?id=565856&sid=11
* The Chinese civilian Aviation Administration (中国民用航空总局) reported that it plans to build 30 fresh airports throughout the country by 2025. There will so be more than 270 in total. They will be able to handle 930 million passengers.
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* Oh, my God * The most valuable private companies in China in 2021 were:
- Tencent Technology Co., Ltd. (腾讯科技有限公司): value of 3,9 trillion RMB (approx. PLN 2,46 trillion),
- TaiWan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.- TSMC (台湾积体电路制造股份有限公司): 3,69 trillion RMB (approx. PLN 2,323 trillion)
- Alibaba Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司): 2,48 trillion RMB (approx. 1,56 trillion PLN).
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* Vivo, OPPO, Apple, XiaoMi, HuaWei, and Realme, are well-known brands of smartphone manufacturers, having the largest marketplace shares in the Chinese marketplace in 2021. All points to the fact that, in the last year or so, the top will be made up of the same companies, although there will most likely be a shuffle of order.
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* 2.786 trillion RMB (approx. PLN 1.795 trillion), or 2.44% of national GDP allocated to R&D (R&D) by the Chinese government in 2021. This is almost as much as the Organization for economical Co-operation and improvement (OECD) allocated to all countries before the epidemic.
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February
* Oh, my God * Of course, it's the games, the games, the games (winter in Beijing). In a way, even conventional celebrations of the Chinese fresh Year clouded. For the first time in the past of the Olympic Games in the same city, their summertime editions (2008) and winter editions (2022) were organized. The Games became an chance for hosts to present their organizational and technological capabilities. So there was everything latest in telecommunications (5G), artificial intelligence, media (realization of tv and net transmission), payments (digital RMB), robotics, public transport, etc.
Chinese athletes achieved the best score in the Olympic winter past written by their representation. They won 9 gold medals, 4 silver and 2 bronze. That's 15.
For the Chinese, these winter games were another success, a reason to be arrogant of what the country can do and what possible it has. And for abroad – another wonderful ceremony of beginning and closing the games, and medals of their athletes. So everyone had reasons to be content.
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* Oh, my God * In China, 4 integrated computing data collection centres are created. The following areas will be covered:
- BeiJing-TianJin-HeBei (同意京津冀地区),
- River Delta ChangJiang /Jangcy (长三角地区),
- ChengDu-ChongQing (成渝地区) and
- GuangDong – Hong Kong – Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区).
The full task will be worth at least 400 billion RMB (about 253 billion PLN)
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March
* Oh, my God * This period is traditionally marked with yearly weekly meetings
- The People's Political Consultative Conference of China (中国人民政治协商会议), which is an advisory body bringing together all the political parties and social organisations of the country under the leadership of the PSC, and
- The Chinese National Assembly of People's Representatives (中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会), or Chinese Parliament.
A study on the work of the government and the judiciary was adopted in 2021, as usual. More importantly, the plan and main indicators of the socio-economic improvement of the country were adopted for the following year and another five-year-old (by 2025). These are the assumptions to aid address the problems that arise from the implementation of fresh energy sources in a wide range, the implementation of the CO2 neutralisation programme, the improvement of innovation, the stabilisation of economical development, the aid to tiny and medium-sized enterprises, the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, the expanding unemployment, the increased household support and the 3rd child's policy, the care of seniors and the raising of retirement age, and those that prevent the increase in consumption. It's not enough. GDP growth was expected to scope 5.5% in 2022, the lowest in 30 years.
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* Experts from the Academy of Sciences of China (中国科学院院士) and China Aerospace discipline and Technology Group corp Ltd. (中国航天科技集团有限公司) confirm that the technological and technological advancement achieved in space fields allows to plan to land the crew on the Moon before 2030.
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* Oh, my God * In the course of the current 14th five-year plan (up to 2025), a mechanics to rise the retirement age will be implemented. In China – like everywhere in the planet – it is simply a subject socially highly hot. The statutory retirement age will be gradually raised in accordance with the principles of "adjusting tiny steps, flexible implementation, clear steps and taking account of the overall situation in the area (in the region)". Ultimately, the full process is to be completed by 2035. Women will quit at 60 and men at 65. Today, in any cases, you can quit at the age of 50.
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* Oh, my God * The second half of March is the beginning of a new, 1 of the major waves of the Covid-19/Omicron epidemic across the country, as well as lockdowns (city, workplaces, etc.), mass tests, restrictions, forced isolation, social disturbances and economical detention, the introduction of extremist principles of the "zero Covid" strategy.
This continued until June 2022.
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April
* Oh, my God * economical performance in the first 4th of 2022 seemed to be not worst, although GDP growth only reached 4.8% (r/r). abroad trade, production was high, inflation under control. Problems were observed in the real property market, in the labour marketplace (growing unemployment), consumption was importantly lower than expected. The foundations of the economy – nevertheless inactive solid.
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* Oh, yeah * The best universities in the country are:
- TsingHua University (清华大学) in Beijing
- Beijing University (北京大学) in Beijing,
- JiaoTong University (交通大学) in Shanghai.
In total, there are 590 universities in China.
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* 95.4% of all school - age children were included in compulsory education. 91.4% of primary school graduates proceed their education in secondary schools.
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* Oh, my God * Currently, 75 central banks worldwide hold any of the abroad reserves in Chinese currency (RMB).
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* Oh, my God * The Communist Youth League (中国共产主义青年团) had 23.68 million members at the end of 2021 (maximum statutory age of members is 35 years). The League is simply a natural atrium for membership in the Communist organization of China (中国共产党). Among the fresh members of the KPCh joining this organization each year, around 80% are members of the Communist Youth League. The members of the KPCh (96 million) and the Communist Youth League (approximately 24 million) represent 8.5% of the full population of the country. Elites.
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May
* Oh, my God * For 5 years in a row, NingDe ShiDai fresh Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (宁德时代新能源科技股份有限公司) is the global leader in the production of car batteries. It has a 35% stake in the planet automotive battery market. On the list of the 10 largest battery producers in the planet there are inactive 5 Chinese companies (i.e. 6 out of 10).
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* Oh, my God * The share of RMB in the SDR (Special Drawing Rights) of the global Monetary Fund increased over 5 years from 10.92% to 12.28%. Chinese yuan (RMB) was incorporated into the IMF SDR in 2016.
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* Oh, my God * At the end of April 2022, 1,615 million base stations of the 5G strategy were installed in China. China has become the world's first country to build specified a large 5G network, which is besides based solely on its own technologies and its own manufacturing forces. The 5G strategy covers all major cities of all Chinese provinces, 98% municipalities and 80% another towns.
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June
* Oh, my God * A 3rd Chinese aircraft carrier was launched at the Shanghai shipyard. According to tradition and this unit received the name of the Chinese province, this time FuJian 福建 – a state lying other Taiwan. The Navy of the People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) already has 2 aircraft carriers in its service: LiaoNing 辽宁 and ShanDong 山东. FuJian is simply a full Chinese construction (from plan to construction) and at the same time the largest unit of the Chinese Navy. It has 80,000 DWT buoyancy, and will be equipped with state-of-the-art electromagnetic catapults to operate with aircraft carrier with more mass (fuel, or scope and armament). In construction, another aircraft carrier.
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* Oh, my God * According to SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) RMB was in May 2022 the 5th most commonly utilized currency in global financial transactions. He has 2.15% stake in these transactions.
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* On June 25, Li Qiang 李强, secretary of the Communist organization of China in Shanghai announced a triumph over the Covid-19 epidemic. The success was achieved by following the guidelines of the country leader Xi JinPinga 习近平. The guidelines and recommendations of the central authorities proved to be completely correct," he stressed.
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* Oh, my God * At the end of June, China's abroad currency reserves amounted to USD 3.071 trillion (about PLN 14.395 trillion).
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* Oh, my God * Over the past 10 years, cognition of the authoritative Chinese language PuTongHua (普通话) has increased in Chinese society from 70% of the population to 80.72% of the full Chinese in the PRC. Already over 95% of the population can besides compose in this language. Only 2.67% of the population are affected by illiteracy.
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July
* Oh, my God * The main celebrations of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the matrix were held with large momentum. Among the invited guests, the president of the PRC, Xi JinPinga 习近平, who gave a commemorative speech and witnessed a pledge to the Constitution of the PRC of the fresh head of the Li JiaChao 李家超 region and representatives of local authorities, could not miss. It has been constantly reiterated that since July 1, 1997, the rule of "one country, 2 systems" has been being implemented with remarkable success in Hong Kong, that on July 1, 1997 a fresh era of prosperity began in the past of the region.
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* The second 4th of 2022, in the light of economical data, was no longer satisfying. China's GDP only increased 0.4% y/y erstwhile it was 4.8% y/y in Q1. The reality clearly began to deviate from the assumptions. In 2022 the Chinese economy was to increase by 5.5% as planned compared to 2021. But abroad trade was inactive tight. It grew by 9.4% y/y
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* Oh, my God * In the first half of 2022, the global leader in computer sales was Lenovo (联想) with 24.8% marketplace share, ahead of HP, Dell and Apple.
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* Oh, my God * For the first time in history, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the main oil supplier to China
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August
* Oh, my God * With a Chinese passport you can enter 80 countries of the planet without a visa. This gives Chinese passport 69 position on 199 listed in the ranking of the world's most attractive tourist passports.
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* Oh, my God * The Chinese economy is inactive based on six provinces: GuangDong 广东, JiangSu 江苏, Zhejiang 浙江, ShanDong 山东, Henan 河南 and SiChuan 四川. Their combined economies account for 45% of the economy of all China. As many as 40% of all Chinese economical litters have their office in these provinces. In turn, as much as 60% of the gross of the central budget of the PRC comes from 4 provinces, namely GuangDong, JiangSu, Zhejiang, ShanDong. The provinces of GuangDong 广东, JiangSu 江苏, Zhejiang 浙江, ShanDong 山东, HeNan 河南 and SiChuan 四川 along with 4 separate towns on the provincial laws: Beijing/BeiJing/北京, TianJin 天津, Shanghai/ShangHai/上海 and ChongQing 重庆, form the basis of the finances of the full state.
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* Oh, my God * In July China reported that in full they signed agreements with 149 countries and 32 global organisations on cooperation in the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路). These countries included as unobvious as Peru, where 1 of the largest container seaports in South America is built as part of the initiative.
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* Baidu (百度公司), the owner of the largest Chinese web search engine, presented on August 25 its first quantum computer called “Qianshi” (“乾始), and the platform for integration of software and quantum equipment “Liangxi” (“量羲). In this way, the company joined the global lead in the field of quantum technology adaptation to applicable applications.
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September
* On 6 September, she moved to ZhangJiang 湛江, GuangDong 广东 Province, China's first production line of the largest German investment. It is simply a task of BASF worth EUR 10 billion (about PLN 47.17 billion). The mill is to deliver more than 420,000 metric tons of engineering plastic and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to the Chinese and Southeast Asia market.
This is 1 of many examples that the attractiveness of the mediate State as abroad investment sites does not diminish. The volume of these investments gradually increases by even a fewer percent in the period to period ratio.
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* Oh, my God * The largest container port in the planet is Shanghai for 10 years. In 2021, 47.03 million TEU (the equivalent of 20-to-alloy containers) were transhipped here. In addition, the top 10 largest ports in the planet included 6 Chinese ports:
- NingBo ZhouShan 宁波舟山,
- ShenZhen 深圳,
- GuangZhou 广州,
- QingDao 青岛,
- TianJin 天津 i
- Hong Kong
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* The peculiar Administrative Region (SAR) of Hong Kong (香港特别行政区) was recognized as the region of the largest economical freedom in the world.
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October
* On 16-22 October, the 20th Chinese Communist organization Convention (中国共产党二十大) was held. No uncertainty the most crucial event of the year in the Chinese political calendar.
This historical reunion many months before its beginning was a origin of much speculation, especially among abroad media. Meanwhile, nothing amazing happened during the reunion. There have been no revolutionary changes. Everything was as planned. Secretary General Xi JinPing 习近平 was elected to the 3rd unprecedented 3rd word in fresh history. It did not surprise the fresh composition of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee Political Office (中共中央政治局常委). All its members are proven comrades of Xi. There was no generational change, no strong rejuvenation of KC.
The papers adopted during the convention concerning the directions of economical development, abroad relations, the issue of Taiwan did not include anything that had not been written before the beginning of the year, was said to have been informed. The main denominator of the messages during and after the reunion was the request to prepare for the hard period coming inevitably as a consequence of global economical and geopolitical turbulence.
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- http://cpc.people.com.cn/20th/n1/2022/1022/c448334-32549586.html
- http://20th.cpcnews.cn/n101/2022/1023/c98-853.html
- http://cpc.people.com.cn/20th/n1/2022/1023/c448334-32549774.html
* Oh, my God * Meanwhile, the Chinese economy in the 3rd 4th did not intend to move. Although her condition did not deteriorate, there were no signs of recovery. GDP increased by 3.9% y/y and the average for 9 months 2022 was 3.0% y/y. abroad trade again up this time by 9.9% y/y.
The level of youth unemployment (16-24 years) remaining at 17.9% was peculiarly worrying. By comparison, in the age group 25-59, it was 4.7%.
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- http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/sjjd/202210/t20221014_1889253.html
- https://m.yicai.com/news/101571059.html
* Oh, my God * Among the 20 richest cities in the planet in the 3rd 4th of 2022 there were 3 Chinese metropolises.
On site 9 Beijing, on 10 Shanghai, on 12 Hong Kong.
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November
* 91% of the Chinese in 2022 trusted their authorities. In 2018, it was 84%. During the same period, American trust in their democratically elected government oscillated between 39% and 37%.
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* 11.11. is Singla Day, a fresh Chinese tradition created by Alibaba. This is the day of purchasing madness – sales, discounts, peculiar promotions of various types of goods and services. Despite China's weakening consumption, Singla Day 2022 broke another record. The goods were sold for 1,115 trillion RMB (about PLN 722.2 billion), each consecutive year gave more than the American Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.
It is worth remembering that the above data are only cumulative sales results of Chinese dominant online platforms of 3 giants, i.e.
- Alibaby (TaoBao 淘宝网, T-Mall 天猫, AliExpress),
- JingDong 京东 (JD.com) and
- PingDuoDuo 拼多多.
Single Day in China is simply a cultural and business phenomenon on a global scale. It has been organised annually since 2009.
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* Oh, my God * The 2022/2023 US News & planet study ranked 338 Chinese universities among the top 2,000 universities in the world. The ranking included 280 colleges from the United States. American universities dominate the top 100 most renowned academic centers in the world.
The best Chinese university is TsingHua University (清华大) – seat 23, another is Beijing University (北京大学) – seat 39.
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* Oh, my God * For the first time in history, China is entering a fresh field of global business. It is the construction and operation of ships – cruisers. In the equipment phase is the first of a series of 3 cruisers built at the Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co (Shanghai) shipyard under the brand name ‘Adora Cruises’ (爱达邮轮) for the Chinese recipient. The operator of these ships will be CSSC-Carnival, a joint venture created under an agreement between the China State Shipbuilding corp and the American company Carnival Corporation.
Adora Cruises' first ship will enter service in 2023.
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* Oh, my God * The symbol of Chinese achievements in space was the completion of the construction of a multimodal space station TianGong (天宫). The capacity of the station may be evidenced by the fact that in late November it hosted 6 astronauts on board: 3 people completing their mission and 3 members of another shift. In 2022 China made further advancement under the Moon's investigation program, the goal of which is to build a permanent manned base on the surface of the Silver Globe, as well as successfully carried out an unmanned mission to Mars, the goal of which was to place a Red Planet investigation rover on the surface.
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December
* Oh, my God * Chinese shipyards end 1 year in the position of planet leader in the number of orders, launched units and ships commissioned to shipowners. They share more than 50% of the global market.
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* Oh, my God * In the Global Innovation Index prepared by the planet Intellectual Property Organization China ranked 11th (in 132 countries) in 2022. 1 more than a year earlier.
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* Oh, my God * The central authorities abruptly abolished any measures taken to combat the Covid-19 epidemic. Coronavirus spreads across the country without any control. On the day, mass tests, mandatory quarantine, isolation, lockdowns, the request to scan wellness QR codes in public places were waived. The restrictive “zero covid” policy principles have not proved to be sustainable in the long term, which have contributed to the expanding inhibition of the economy and have made it worse.
At the social cost, it was decided that the economy could be reflected in early 2023.
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- https://m.jiemian.com/article/8478060.html
- https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2022/12-03/907835.shtml
- https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/10B6vfRibbSjnj2avB73DA
* Oh, my God * China has signed with Qatar the largest always contract for the supply of liquefied gas (LNG). The contract was concluded for 27 years and its value was set at over EUR 60 billion (approximately PLN 280.48 billion). According to the agreement concluded, the settlement of this contact will first happen in USD to gradually control to RMB settlements.
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* Oh, my God * China and their companies were the second country to win the Mundial in Qatar alongside Argentina. Chinese companies were the largest corporate sponsor of the event. Additionally 70% of all souvenirs, T-shirts, hats, trifles, etc. were produced in China.
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* ABB Group, a Swiss technology corporation, has opened a fresh generation of industrial robots in Shanghai. These works will be intended for the Chinese marketplace and markets in Asia-Pacific countries.
The Chinese marketplace is simply a origin of 29% of all ABB's income from robots and automation. The mediate State is the largest global industrial robot market. In 2021, it accounted for 51% of the planet market.
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* Oh, my God * The last period of the year is besides a historical visit to president Xi JinPinga 习近平 in Saudi Arabia, participation in the China-Arab States Forum and the summit of the China-Persian Gulf Cooperation Council. During this visit, China concluded agreements with arabian countries worth USD 30 billion (about PLN 133.59 billion). Importantly, at all turn, the common desire was declared to gradually decision towards the settlement of trade transactions between China and the countries of the region in RMB.
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- https://www.arabnews.com/ChinaVisit
- https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/chinas-xi-jinping-promises-security-energy-cooperation-at-saudi-summits-1.92596830
* Oh, my God * The American investment bank Goldman Sachs in the prepared forecasts predicts that as early as 2035 China is expected to surpass the United States as the world's strongest economy.
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- https://uk.news.yahoo.com/does-world-economy-look-2075-120435348.html
- https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/industry/economy/china-and-india-will-overtake-us-economically-by-2075-goldman-sachs-economists-say-2
* Oh, my God * It wasn't the best year for Chinese stock exchanges. Instability, fluctuations, index spikes. The dominant temper among investors was uncertainty. Thus, the apparent deficiency of inclination from long-term investment. On a yearly basis:
- ShangHai Composite (证综合指数/上证综指) SEZ.SH lost 15%,
- Shenzhen Component (深证成指) SZSE.SZ lost 25%,
- BeiJing Component (北证50成份指数) BSE 50 lost 6.5%
- HangSeng (HongKong) HSI.XC/HKEX lost 15%,
- TaiWan SE Weighted (中国台湾加权指数) TAIX.TWSE lost 22 % y/y.
In 2022 we ended up individually, socially, economically a small rough, but most likely with hope. That 2023 would be better.
I hope so!
Author: 梁安基 Andrzej Z. Liang, 上海 Shanghai, 中国 China
Email: [email protected]
Editorial: Leszek B.
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