COVID-19: Beijing's Coronavirus cases rise

[Ender]

3 minutes ago, inlinesix said:

You never know when is the peak

Once they open up, will go thru the cycle of peak and recovery. How fast the peak comes and it's magnitude depends on how slowly they relax the rules, the people movement and their immunity. Just hope they have all the time to learn from other countries that their peak will be gradual and minimize the magnitude.

[Steptronic]

3 minutes ago, Ender said:

Once they open up, will go thru the cycle of peak and recovery. How fast the peak comes and it's magnitude depends on how slowly they relax the rules, the people movement and their immunity. Just hope they have all the time to learn from other countries that their peak will be gradual and minimize the magnitude.

The biggest difference between them and other countries is "effective vaccination". Hope that the affected individuals do not have adverse effects. Pray for China.

[Playtime]

2 hours ago, Steptronic said:

The biggest difference between them and other countries is "effective vaccination". Hope that the affected individuals do not have adverse effects. Pray for China.

Who knows if their infected numbers had been fake all the while... infected no count... or infected no report. 

End up also already kinda semi herd immunity liao. 

 

[Jamesc]

All this is caused by the stupid people in China watching football.

The less well traveled and less well informed people who didn't know what was happening in the rest of the world was shocked to see crowds in stadium all packed together like Sardines and not wearing masks.

If no world cup then no protest in China and no opening up.

Their phones all need the app and everywhere they go they are tracked.

Now the gov switch off the app.

So China protest is because of stupid people and football!

[Playtime]

8 minutes ago, Jamesc said:

All this is caused by the stupid people in China watching football.

The less well traveled and less well informed people who didn't know what was happening in the rest of the world was shocked to see crowds in stadium all packed together like Sardines and not wearing masks.

If no world cup then no protest in China and no opening up.

Their phones all need the app and everywhere they go they are tracked.

Now the gov switch off the app.

So China protest is because of stupid people and football!

No wonder 1.5 billion cannot produce a decent football team go WC .... cos they dont want to 😅

[Jamesc]

The funniest things is only NOW the CCP is blurring out faces of people at the WC so people cannot see they are not wearing masks

and even cutting when the camera pans to the crowds celebrating a goal.

Everyone already knows and its too late lah!

But CCP is so stupid they are still trying to cover up!

[Didu]

4 hours ago, Steptronic said:

The biggest difference between them and other countries is "effective vaccination". Hope that the affected individuals do not have adverse effects. Pray for China.

Opening up = One big slap in the face of "Zero-covid policy"

Accepting foreign produced mRNA vaccine = Second big slap in the face of China's Covid strategy  

CCP would not allow it unless political stability is threaten. Btw, China only reported a handful of Covid related deaths from its 1.4 bil population. Meanwhile, its still ready steady pom pi pi. 😁

[Jamesc]

Aiyah all because of WC lah

If no WC no open up.

[Playtime]

hmm..... shut down for a few months? a bit too extreme? or realistic?

 

 

[Sosaria]

4 hours ago, Didu said:

Opening up = One big slap in the face of "Zero-covid policy"

Accepting foreign produced mRNA vaccine = Second big slap in the face of China's Covid strategy  

CCP would not allow it unless political stability is threaten. Btw, China only reported a handful of Covid related deaths from its 1.4 bil population. Meanwhile, its still ready steady pom pi pi. 😁

Death due to covid or not, who's tracking and who knows?

Just like the mysterious sudden deaths that's happening more frequently nowadays. After-effects of covid or vaxx? Who knows?

 

[Ender]

Looks like they didn't do lesson learnt from other countries on how to reopen. Our gahment waitied til vax rate above 90% (was it higher?) and home recovery in place, and adequate ART kits before the reopening happenens.

But not enough test kit also good for numbers. No test means no count to the daily cases.😅

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“Beijing is really confused right now,” Zhu said, declining to provide their full name to speak on what could be seen as a sensitive topic in China. “They made a complete 180-degree turn without even going through a transitionary period.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/14/china-reduces-covid-19-case-number-reporting-as-virus-surges

China says ‘impossible’ to track COVID spread as virus surges

 

 

[Jamesc]

China has the correct policy.

To save the lives of old people they lock down.

To get herd immunity they open up.

 

[Didu]

SG govt HUAT AH!!!  😁

COVID-weary Chinese millionaires eye Singapore amid ‘chaos and unpredictability’ at home

• Singapore is becoming a magnet for Chinese professionals and the wealthy who want to flee economic and COVID-19 problems at home
• VIP clubs catering to Chinese are mushrooming across the city state, while Chinese foreign students are looking to stay after graduation

Since 2015, Kristine Zhang has spent several months of each year in Singapore, where her son is studying, while her husband – a former executive at a foreign company – has been managing his car painting business in Guangdong. Zhang’s husband had been reluctant to move the family to Singapore, or any other country for that matter, because he is bullish on the Chinese market. But recently he changed his mind. 

“We will be reunited soon, but unlike at first, Singapore is no longer a transit country for our son, but a permanent home. We like Singapore’s multi-cultural society, and it’s also friendly to Chinese,” said Zhang.

The couple are part of a new wave of Chinese immigration and investment in Singapore, which is becoming a magnet for professionals and the wealthy amid economic and social problems at home, according to interviews with consultants, investors and immigrants. 

“A sluggish domestic market, escalating lockdowns against COVID-19, depreciating properties and the [weak] yuan are all eating away at our wealth, as well as tighter tax scrutiny ahead. The point is, we don’t know how long this will last,” Zhang said.

The family plans to sell three properties in China within the next year, which are worth about 15 million yuan (US$2.1 million), and then relocate to Singapore, where they hope to become citizens and start a business. Singapore’s appeal is multifaceted for mainland immigrants. Chinese are the largest ethnic group in the country and Mandarin is widely spoken. It is a relatively short flight home, safe, and a low tax jurisdiction.

In Asia, Singapore is of growing appeal to millionaires on the move, with net migration of 2,800 high-net-worth individuals expected this year – an 87 per cent increase on 2019, according to the report. But growing interest in Singapore could spell bad news for the world’s No. 2 economy. Wealth emigration is beginning to take a toll, with 10,000 wealthy Chinese packing up and leaving the mainland this year and 3,000 leaving Hong Kong, Henley & Partners estimated.

The most eye-catching Chinese immigrants to Singapore are wealthy entrepreneurs, who are setting up family offices in the city, said Joylin Su, an executive at an asset-management firm typically serving rich families. More than 700 family offices were established in Singapore in 2021, and the figure was just 50 in 2018, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). 

MAS approved more than 100 applications to set up single-family offices in the first four months of the year. Assets under management in Singapore grew from S$4.7 trillion last year to S$5.4 trillion this year, according to MAS. And more than 600 applications are awaiting approval, Su added, with each fund worth at least S$20 million yuan. Over half of these are from rich Chinese families, including those who have stored their wealth in Hong Kong over the past few years, she said.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/chinese-millionaires-professionals-move-family-business-migration-3145686

[Jamesc]

54 minutes ago, Didu said:

 

• VIP clubs catering to Chinese are mushrooming across the city state, while Chinese foreign students are looking to stay after graduation

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VIP clubs is KTV?

My fren asking.

He thinking of converting his massage parlor to KTV 

He told he he fed up of seeing small tips every day.

He also looking for someone to QC the ladies are top quality only.

Edited December 15, 2022 by Jamesc

[Sosaria]

8 minutes ago, Jamesc said:

VIP clubs is KTV?

My fren asking.

He thinking of converting his massage parlor to KTV 

He told he he fed up of seeing small tips every day.

He also looking for someone to QC the ladies are top quality only.

They go KTV to be entertained by high priced (in SGD) china girls ..... which the same entertainment are available back in PRC for cheaper, doesn't make sense lah

 

[Jamesc]

I don't mind.

My motto is always take advantage of stupidity.

2 minutes ago, Sosaria said:

They go KTV to be entertained by high priced (in SGD) china girls ..... which the same entertainment are available back in PRC for cheaper, doesn't make sense lah

 

 

[Estrangable]

2 hours ago, Didu said:

SG govt HUAT AH!!!  😁

COVID-weary Chinese millionaires eye Singapore amid ‘chaos and unpredictability’ at home

• Singapore is becoming a magnet for Chinese professionals and the wealthy who want to flee economic and COVID-19 problems at home
• VIP clubs catering to Chinese are mushrooming across the city state, while Chinese foreign students are looking to stay after graduation

Since 2015, Kristine Zhang has spent several months of each year in Singapore, where her son is studying, while her husband – a former executive at a foreign company – has been managing his car painting business in Guangdong. Zhang’s husband had been reluctant to move the family to Singapore, or any other country for that matter, because he is bullish on the Chinese market. But recently he changed his mind. 

“We will be reunited soon, but unlike at first, Singapore is no longer a transit country for our son, but a permanent home. We like Singapore’s multi-cultural society, and it’s also friendly to Chinese,” said Zhang.

The couple are part of a new wave of Chinese immigration and investment in Singapore, which is becoming a magnet for professionals and the wealthy amid economic and social problems at home, according to interviews with consultants, investors and immigrants. 

“A sluggish domestic market, escalating lockdowns against COVID-19, depreciating properties and the [weak] yuan are all eating away at our wealth, as well as tighter tax scrutiny ahead. The point is, we don’t know how long this will last,” Zhang said.

The family plans to sell three properties in China within the next year, which are worth about 15 million yuan (US$2.1 million), and then relocate to Singapore, where they hope to become citizens and start a business. Singapore’s appeal is multifaceted for mainland immigrants. Chinese are the largest ethnic group in the country and Mandarin is widely spoken. It is a relatively short flight home, safe, and a low tax jurisdiction.

In Asia, Singapore is of growing appeal to millionaires on the move, with net migration of 2,800 high-net-worth individuals expected this year – an 87 per cent increase on 2019, according to the report. But growing interest in Singapore could spell bad news for the world’s No. 2 economy. Wealth emigration is beginning to take a toll, with 10,000 wealthy Chinese packing up and leaving the mainland this year and 3,000 leaving Hong Kong, Henley & Partners estimated.

The most eye-catching Chinese immigrants to Singapore are wealthy entrepreneurs, who are setting up family offices in the city, said Joylin Su, an executive at an asset-management firm typically serving rich families. More than 700 family offices were established in Singapore in 2021, and the figure was just 50 in 2018, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). 

MAS approved more than 100 applications to set up single-family offices in the first four months of the year. Assets under management in Singapore grew from S$4.7 trillion last year to S$5.4 trillion this year, according to MAS. And more than 600 applications are awaiting approval, Su added, with each fund worth at least S$20 million yuan. Over half of these are from rich Chinese families, including those who have stored their wealth in Hong Kong over the past few years, she said.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/chinese-millionaires-professionals-move-family-business-migration-3145686

how is this good for ordinary citizens like us? One must be incredibly dumb to think its a good thing. This basically just drive all prices up... zero trickle down effect for heartlanders. 

 

 

 

[Ct3833]

On 12/12/2022 at 2:09 PM, Playtime said:

Lock protest... open also got protest. 

 

https://9gag.com/gag/a2KopKe

Lockdown cannot protest, when open then start to protest