China’s live-streaming e-commerce outlook, data on children abused by their guardians, world diabetes map, and Belt and Road projects
1. China’s live-streaming e-commerce outlook
Source: Ali Research Institute and KPMG
Characterized by Covid-19 and the emergence of live-streaming e-commerce, China’s Black Friday sales, known as Double Eleven, or Single’s Day, have kicked off much earlier than in previous years. A joint report released on October 29 by Ali Research Institute and KPMG, “Towards a trillion-market for live streaming e-commerce” predicts that by 2020, the overall scale of live streaming e-commerce will exceed a trillion yuan, with a penetration rate of 8.6 percent. By 2021, the scale of live streaming e-commerce will expand to 2.0 trillion yuan, continuing to maintain rapid growth, with a penetration rate of 14.3 percent.
2. Data on children abused by their guardians
Source: China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate
A recent incident in northwest China’s Liaoning province where a 6-year-old girl was discovered to have been physically abused by her mother and the woman’s boyfriend for several years has aroused huge public rage in the country. According to a report released by China’s top prosecutor this June, from 2017 to 2019, the office prosecuted 127 guardians and caretakers for abusing children. The office said that although such number was relatively small compared to other crimes against children, their impact is often huge. The fact that there has been a growth in the number of people prosecuted in recent years shows that the effort to crack down these crimes has been taking effect.
3. World Diabetes Map
Source: International Diabetes Federation
November 14 is the World Diabetes Day. Diabetes is a serious threat to global health that respects neither socioeconomic status nor national boundaries. The latest data published in the IDF Diabetes Atlas 9th edition shows that 463 million adults are currently living with diabetes. Without sufficient action to address the pandemic, 578 million people will have diabetes by 2030. That number will jump to a staggering 700 million by 2045. In China, more than 9 percent of people aged between 20 and 79 have diabetes. This database provides global and country-specific data on diabetes and is available for download in xls format.
4. Belt and Road Projects Map
Source: Sebastian Ibold
This platform was built by Sebastian Ibold, who has worked and lived in China since 2011. He holds a Master‘s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Brandenburg Technical University BTU. His research interest lays on the implications of the projects under the Belt and Road Initiative for urban development processes and related local and regional socio-economic impacts.
This interactive database categorizes projects under the Belt and Road Initiative by five categories, such as road, special economic zone, energy, city and dryport. It pins the projects on an interactive map where users can search and filter projects by country and project type.
