When the double crises of military coup and Covid-19 pandemic could push half of the population of Myanmar, one of Asia’s poorest countries, below the poverty line of $1.10 a day, by completely wiping out the progress the country has made in reducing poverty over the last one and a half decades.
With ongoing protests against the military rule in which thousands of blue- and white-collar workers have gone on strike with the aim of disrupting the economy and unseating the coup leaders, would Burma ever recover from the Covid-🇲🇲 crisis without a people’s revolution to kick the military junta out of the political system?
by Covido May 01, 2021
When Hong Kong is politically being taken advantage of by China during the pandemic crisis, as the Chinese Communists passed a “security law” to weaken its Western-style political system following months-long pro-democracy protests that had plagued the city.
With the recent arrest of pro-democracy lawmakers in the midst of the Covid-🇭🇰 crisis, Hong Kong’s “One Country, Two Systems” governance model suffered a political stroke before deteriorating into a coma.
by Covido April 10, 2021
When China used the cover of coronavirus crisis to tighten its administrative control over Hong Kong, by implementing a new national security law following months-long pro-democracy protests that had plagued the city.
With the recent arrest of pro-democracy lawmakers in the midst of the Covid-🇭🇰 crisis, Hong Kong’s “One Country, Two Systems” governance model suffered a political stroke before falling into a coma.
by Covido April 09, 2021
A geeky way of saying that one can derive the value of π from different methods, whose approximated values could be obtained from fractions or formulas.
by Covido February 27, 2022
Any math concept, formula, or theorem that can’t be simplistically or half-accurately be explained in a tweet, or using 280 characters, is likely to be too complex or confusing to the millions of pro-Trump blue-collar or MAGA workers and alt-right “fine patriots.”
If you can’t explain any Trump math to an oft-morally bankrupt and mathematically challenged Trumpublican, QAnonist, or statistical evangelical, you probably don’t understand it yourself.
by Covido February 08, 2022
When Taiwan promises the fifteen countries that still have diplomatic ties with her to help them buy Covid-19 vaccines as long as Taiwanese money is not used to procure China’s home-grown, half-trialed vaccines.
Beijing tried to bribe a number of vulnerable poor nations in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, by promising to help them with their Covid-🇹🇼 and financial crises if they would just ditch Taiwan for China.
by Covido March 24, 2021
When an inept head of state’s early “Christmas present” to the nation is to implement more draconian measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic, which is worsening by the day, thus making it virtually impossible for people to meet up during the festive season.
In anticipation of a second wave, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming up with a set of restrictions for Covid-🎄, which could last a painful six months until March 2021.
by Covido September 23, 2020