Snapshots of daily life as city tackles COVID-19

Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion was a bearer of glad tidings this week when he announced on Tuesday what I may call Macau’s “happy zeros” concerning the local fight against COVID-19.  Lei noted that Macau has brought the number of novel coronavirus patients down from 45 to zero and also has been able to keep the number of infected healthcare workers at zero. Most importantly, the number of COVID-19 deaths has remained at zero since the first case was confirmed in Macau

Analysis        BEIJING – “Today, the Chinese people can say with great pride that reform and opening-up, China’s second revolution if you like, has not only profoundly changed the country but also greatly influenced the whole world,” President Xi Jinping said at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference in 2018.This statement was made as China was commemorating the 40th anniversary of its reform and opening-up, which has long been described