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• Healthcare systems in Asia will remain highly vulnerable to outbreaks of infectious diseases.
• The recent identification of the Wuhan virus in China has resulted in increased vigilance towards the international spreading of infectious diseases.
• The outbreak will give a short-term boost to drugmakers.

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• China’s push for wider use of blockchain is not an endorsement of cryptocurrencies, but rather attempts to push for wider adoption of the technology across industry.
• The country’s digital yuan is not a form of cryptocurrency, but simply a digitalised version of the physical currency, which will still be distributed through

We recently held a meeting from on November 21 with our clients, including major players in the food and beverage business. They were interested in the macroeconomic outlook for China, especially in consumer and producer prices and the impact of inflation on government policy. Below is a selection of the questions we received following the

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• China has expanded its national reimbursement list by some 70 medicines, manufacturers of these products can expect significantly boosted revenue in China’s large and growing market.
• Manufacturers have been forced to accept large discounts in order to gain access to the list, this will impact profitability.
• The Chinese

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• The domestic market is tightly regulated, leaving little space for foreign players despite continued pledges by the government to liberalise the financial services sector.
• The government is committed to introducing standardised credit rating scores, as well as clamping down on illegal activity in the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending

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• Traditional use of mock meats has laid the way for Chinese consumer to embrace fake meat products.
• The consumer spending outlook on food and growing demand for meat indicates a consumer group ready for new and higher priced food trends.
• Fake meat drivers include ethical considerations surrounding meat, environmental questions and