Analysis
No vaccine, no voyage: Exploring mandatory cruise vaccination
The global cruise industry has cautiously resumed its voyages with more with new Covid-19 rules, regulations, and guidelines to ensure the safety of not only passengers but crew too.
In the early days of the pandemic, all eyes were on 16-year-old luxury vessel the Diamond Princess. Stuck in quarantine in Japan with more than 3,700 passengers – hundreds of which had Covid-19 and were confined to their cabins – the World Health Organisation announced that more than half the known cases of the...
China’s tech future depends on children and surveillance
If the children of China face a prosperous future, it’s probably down to their country’s bountiful tech industry. One side of the story sees the benefits of consumer wares from Tencent, Alibaba and other technology giants. The other side is about cutting-edge surveillance that keeps the adults of tomorrow under constant supervision. Big Beijing is watching you.
As a GlobalData analysis on tech in China reports, the republic is finding it “easier than before” to extend its so-called Great...
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