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Officials announced science and technology innovation as the top priority for 2024. The overall tone was supportive of economic growth, with announcements including backing for…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284203
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The employment market is dominated by online platforms, not just job search apps, but transport and services platforms that link gig workers to customers. Indeed, the government…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261348
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It contains both continuity, in its emphasis on domestic demand as a driver of growth, and discontinuity, in its shift in focus towards adjusting to unfavourable external…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259930
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The result was anticipated, not least as the incumbent US president’s party almost always loses congressional seats in midterm elections. Yet this makes the 2018 polls no less…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239717
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The deal, which values Areva NP at 2.7 billion euros (3 billion dollars), is in effect a bailout designed to secure the survival of Areva and the French nuclear supply chain.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201398
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President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) aims to secure a second five-year term. The other nominees include a member of a recently formed party…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281548
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The RBNZ’s no-change stance reflects major world central banks’ recent retreat from tightening. While current New Zealand economic growth is firm, the RBNZ and the government are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241897
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Yet Chinese and Western perspectives -- and therefore priorities -- related to AI are different, leading not only to contrasting technological development trends but also to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281358
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The meeting itself is mostly theatre, but the government's 'Work Report' presented there offers insight into an opaque policy system. With China largely closed to the world, this…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267862
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The pandemic has exposed Europe’s dependence on China for medical equipment, the vulnerability of European firms to Chinese takeovers and China’s lack of transparency in general…