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Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies – Part 1

May 30, 2022 Anticentric

Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies that are unpredictable and push people as much as rising cases. Leaving Hong Kong is not easy due to flight bans, testing and cancelled routes. Avoiding positive tests emerges as biggest challenge before joining the exodus. An exodus out of Hong Kong has grown. Spooked

Minnesota, America on edge as George Floyd trial ramps up

April 13, 2021 Anticentric

Minnesota, America on edge as George Floyd trial highlights societal split. Autonomous zone in area around death of ‘gentle giant’ is vaguely controlled by a loosely defined coalition. Frantz Fanon wrote in 1965 that oppression and colonization lead to revolt because they make it “impossible to breathe.” Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Minneapolis

War in Nagorno-Karabakh forces families apart, again

November 26, 2020 Anticentric

War in Nagorno-Karabakh, a self-declared republic between Armenia and Azerbaijan, broke out again in September and lasted six weeks.

Protests and social unrest simmer around the world

October 20, 2020 Anticentric

The world is buttoned down and focused on fighting a pandemic but tensions are building in many places around the world. Protests and social unrest are simmering.

Financial Activism: Hong Kong Arrest of Media Tycoon Supercharges Shares of ‘Yellow’ Businesses

August 12, 2020 Anticentric

Investors in Hong Kong buy shares in Next Media after founder Jimmy Lai was arrested under national security law. Investment could be the new front in political activism.

Vaccines

Whack-a-measles: Resurgence of eradicated disease points to dangers of vaccine hesitancy

July 9, 2020 Anticentric

Measles outbreaks have put herd immunity and vaccination progress in danger. Hong Kong managed the outbreak well thanks to strong vaccination rates.

Vaccines: In South Korea, the value of vaccines is built into the country’s economic DNA

June 24, 2020 Anticentric

Even as vaccine hesitancy reemerges as an issue in parts of the world, South Korea is counting on its effective vaccination program and vaccine manufacturing capacity to recover from Covid-19 as fast as possible.

‘We have to accept that not developing a vaccine is a possibility’: A philosopher in the age of pandemic

May 20, 2020 Anticentric

Mookie Tenenbaum: ‘Humans aren’t robots. You can’t tell people to stay six feet apart forever.’

In Argentina’s chronic economic crisis, COVID-19 may simply speed up the inevitable

April 21, 2020 Anticentric

Argentina was already on the brink of economic catastrophe before COVID-19. Things have only gotten worse.

Argentina: Economic crisis, COVID-19 and fears of corruption a volatile combination

April 9, 2020 Anticentric

Argentina’s middle class is reaching a boiling point and facing down yet another deep economic crisis, more corruption and mistrust of the government as COVID-19 lockdowns extend.