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05-Apr-18 Babylon, the British digital health start-up that uses AI to assess illness, has struck a deal with Chinese Internet giant Tencent to offer its technology on the group's hugely popular WeChat social messaging platform. [image: Demand Newspaper]
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05-Apr-18 President Trump has signed an executive memorandum imposing tariffs on Chinese imports, including "Computed tomography apparatus based on the use of x-rays," "Apparatus based on the use of x-rays for dental uses," and "Electromagnets used for MRI". [image: Radiology Business]
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04-Mar-18 A smart hospital in Guangzhou provides recommendations to patients before they arrive at the hospital and helps them make appointments, accepts payments through WeChat, and allows them to establish their medical profile through facial recognition. [image: Open Gov]
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Apr-18 Rising geopolitical tensions, increased protectionism and unexpectedly abrupt tightening of global financial conditions pose downside risks to growth market economies, especially in Asia, says the World Bank. Growth in the key Asian region is projected to increase in 2018 and 2019. Indonesia, Brazil and India will all pick up pace, even as China moderates.
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30-Mar-18 Malaysia expects to generate hospital revenue of MYR2.8 bn (USD725 mn) by 2020, with target markets in Indonesia, Myanmar, China and Vietnam. In 2017 hospital revenue from one million healthcare travellers was was MYR1.3 bn (USD337 mn). [image: New Straits Times]
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