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Yiwugo.com indices: “Down jacket” made the top 10 searches, with 45%+ YoY increase in trading volume

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YIWU, China, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Yiwugo.com, the official website of the Yiwu Commodity Market, is the largest commodity wholesale market in the world. The world’s attention is focused on Qatar for the ongoing 2022 World Cup. While the tournament is heating up amid the warm temperatures of Qatar, the cold winter is approaching the Northern Hemisphere. According to the latest indices of Yiwugo.com, the search traffic for the keyword “down jacket” is rising. Being the 64th most searched term two months ago, this keyword has lifted its name into the top 10 searches since last week and sits at the ninth place now.

According to the big data of Yiwugo.com, in the past six months, the search traffic for “down jacket” on Yiwugo.com was on a slow rise until it soared in September. The search traffic even skyrocketed in November, up 484% month-on-month over September and nearly 200% over October; the conversion rate was as high as above 800%. That means scores of targeted buyers were directed to Yiwugo.com everyday, who searched the keyword, clicked to browse and place orders on down jacket products. On Yiwugo.com, the total number of down jacket orders in the past six months ran very close to that of the same period last year, but the trading volume increased by 45% year-on-year. As the cold weather plays out as predicted, the down jacket market is picking up, and the trading volume of individual orders is increasing.

As shown by the data, despite the pandemic which continues to resurge, the European heating crisis and the cold winter of China have promised a sound market of thermal products. The down jacket market is delivering solid sales and most of the buyers clicked on the sub-keyword “long down jacket” and placed orders.

According to the head of Binghua Clothing Store at Huangyuan Garment Market, all of its down jacket orders this winter came from Yiwugo.com. On November 30, a new European customer contacted him through the website and purchased hundreds of men’s high-quality regular down jackets. He said that a lot more customers have come to inquire about down jackets and placed orders since this September, and many of them are new customers from Chile and Europe. Chilean customers prefer mid-length styles, while European customers who used to prefer wearing leather clothes and leather jackets to keep warm are buying down jackets now. Overall, the demand for down jackets is rising significantly this year.

This winter, thermal products such as hot water bags and electric blankets began to sweep the European market two months ago. Besides “down jackets”, the top 20 most-searched keywords on Yiwugo.com also include “cotton slippers”, “thermal mugs”, “men’s winter clothing”, “women’s winter clothing” and other seasonal products. Suppliers in related industries shall be well prepared for this shopping season.

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AV-Comparatives releases Long-Term Test for 17 Popular Home User Antivirus Internet Security Suites

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INNSBRUCK, Austria, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Leading antivirus test lab releases full test results covering four months of testing of the Real-World Protection Test in July-October 2022

AV-Comparatives Test Results – Real-World Protection 2022
AV-Comparatives Test Results – Real-World Protection 2022

https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-october-2022/

The products tested by AV-Comparatives were:
Avast Free Antivirus, AVG Antivirus Free, Avira Prime, Bitdefender Internet Security, ESET Internet Security, G Data Total Security, K7 Total Security, Kaspersky Internet Security, Malwarebytes Premium, McAfee Total Protection, Microsoft Defender Antivirus, NortonLifeLock Norton 360 Deluxe, Panda Free Antivirus, TotalAV Antivirus Pro, Total Defense Essential Antivirus, Trend Micro Internet Security, and VIPRE Advanced Security.

As part of its ongoing Consumer Main-Test Series, AV-Comparatives has released the results of its July to October 2022 Real-World Protection Test for consumer security solutions. 17 popular anti-malware programs were evaluated to assess their protection against Internet-borne threats.

The Real-World Protection Test conducted by AV-Comparatives mimics real-world conditions as experienced every day by users. The test accurately determined if each threat used was able to make any changes to the test system. To ensure that security programs do not confuse users with false alarms, AV-Comparatives also put all the products through a false-positives test. Programs with high levels of false alarms had their award levels reduced.

A total of 10 products reached the highest award level, ADVANCED+, in this Real-World Protection Test. These were (in alphabetical order): Avast, AVG, Avira, Bitdefender, G Data, K7, Kaspersky, Microsoft, McAfee, VIPRE.

Like all AV-Comparatives’ public reports, this Real-World Protection Test report can be read or downloaded free of charge, and without registration, from the lab’s website:
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-october-2022/

About AV-Comparatives 

AV-Comparatives is an independent organisation offering systematic testing to examine the efficacy of security software products and mobile security solutions. Using one of the largest sample collection systems worldwide, it has created a real-world environment for truly accurate testing. 

AV-Comparatives offers freely accessible av-test results to individuals, news organisations and scientific institutions. Certification by AV-Comparatives provides a globally recognised official seal of approval for software performance. 

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AV-Comparatives Test Results – Real-World Protection 2022
AV-Comparatives Test Results – Real-World Protection 2022
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XM Cyber Recognized by Frost & Sullivan for Enabling a Single View of Security Risks Across the Hybrid Environment in Real Time and Providing Customer Value

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XM Cyber offers various use cases, including third-party risk management, vulnerability prioritization, business risk profiling and management, digital transformation, and proactive cyber defense.

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan recently researched the global breach and attack simulation market and, based on its findings, recognizes XM Cyber with the 2022 Global Customer Value Leadership Award for its breach and attack simulation (BAS) platform. The company enables organizations to monitor risks continuously and provide the cyber adversary’s perspective. The leading attack path management vendor provides security teams with visibility on all hidden attack paths that lead to critical assets. The company is positioned as a hybrid cloud security provider that leverages attack path management to provide a holistic view of risks across the hybrid environment in real time.

2022 Global Breach and Attack Simulation Customer Value Leadership Award
2022 Global Breach and Attack Simulation Customer Value Leadership Award

XM Cyber’s Attack Path Management platform is a hybrid cloud security software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. The platform analyzes exposures and provides an accurate view of various attack paths across the client organization. In addition, the platform provides comprehensive visibility across the enterprise continuously and safely and identifies critical assets’ choke points, which are the key junctures in an attack path that lead a cyber adversary to a critical asset. Rather than fixing all security issues leading to a critical asset, security teams can fix the choke point and protect the asset. The platform, therefore, shows security teams the smallest number of actions to reduce risks significantly, thus improving the team’s efficiency.

According to Swetha Krishnamoorthi, Frost & Sullivan Senior Industry Analyst, “XM Cyber has a fast turnaround with regards to improving the cyber posture of organizations. For instance, in one customer environment, XM Cyber reduced the percentage of assets that could be compromised in a hybrid infrastructure from 93% to 7% in less than three months.”

XM Cyber combines its attack path management capabilities with continuous controls monitoring capabilities following its acquisition of Cyber Observer earlier this year, to provide continuous visibility of security control gaps. The integrated platform offers automated compliance validation and reporting for key standards, such as NIST, GDPR, and SWIFT CSCF. In addition, the company leverages customer satisfaction, strategic partnerships, customer testimonials, and exceptional customer service to offer value and drive stellar growth.

“XM Cyber works closely with customers to continuously release features and capabilities that enable security teams to proactively identify and fix security issues in an efficient and effective way. The company has consistently demonstrated financial and operational excellence, harnessing its superior product and customer support capabilities,” added Krishnamoorthi. With its strong overall performance, XM Cyber earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2022 Global Customer Value Leadership Award in the breach and attack simulation market.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has demonstrated excellence in implementing strategies that proactively create value for its customers, with a focus on improving the return on investment that customers make in its services or products. The award recognizes the company’s unique focus on augmenting the value that its customers receive, beyond simply providing good customer service, leading to improved customer retention and customer base expansion.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in various regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

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About XM Cyber

XM Cyber is a leading hybrid cloud security company that’s changing the way innovative organizations approach cyber risk. By continuously uncovering hidden attack paths to businesses’ critical assets and security controls gaps across cloud and on-prem environments, it enables security teams to remediate exposures at key junctures and eradicate risk with a fraction of the effort. Many of the world’s largest, most complex organizations choose XM Cyber to help eradicate risk. Founded by top executives from the Israeli cyber intelligence community, XM Cyber has offices in North America, Europe, and Israel.

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Chinese expert: New methodology lays groundwork for high-quality think tank development

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BEIJING, Nov. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A news report by China.org.cn on a new approach to think tank research known as double helix methodology.

This fall, “Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences” (BCAS, in Chinese) journal discussed the status of Chinese think tanks and a new approach to think tank research known as double helix methodology in an exclusive interview with Professor Pan Jiaofeng, president of the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASISD).

“The establishment of new think tanks with Chinese characteristics does not have a long history,” Pan noted. “We have needed to push forward with methodology innovation in order to promote the evolution from specialization to scientification with regard to their development trajectory.”

Think tanks have been emerging rapidly in China in the last decade and have been entering a new stage of growth in recent years. The number of specialized think tanks in China currently ranks among the top in the world, and its pool of full-time researchers and specialized research teams continues to expand.

“There is urgent demand for think tanks to serve as bridges, links, and networks that help foresee global development trends, address major challenges faced by all of humanity, and build a community with a shared future for mankind,” Pan commented after observing that the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century.

“Many think tanks have been facing major urgent challenges, however, mostly due to a lack of understanding of the essence of think tank research and an absence of a system of theory,” he stated. “Valuing research techniques designed to help solve specific problems and enhance scientificity, more and more well-known think tanks in the world have developed a variety of innovative quantitative and qualitative methods.”

“Think tanks are more highly valued, have been playing an increasingly important role in Chinese society, and have entered a new stage of high-quality development [in recent years],” Pan continued.

The CASISD president mentioned that the new approaches that have emerged in recent years, such as the double helix methodology that he and his team first proposed in 2020, have made it possible “to unravel think tank problems and for think tanks to better engage in scientification and advance towards disciplinization amidst the formation of think tank science and engineering.”

Like a strand of DNA, the double helix methodological system put forth by Pan’s team features two main interconnected components –an integrated model concerned with data, information, intelligence, and solutions (DIIS) and one covering mechanisms, impact, policy and solutions (MIPS). The model includes an internal process consisting of the interaction between DIIS and MIPS and an external process comprising decomposition, fusion and restoration.

“Interdisciplinarity, interconnectedness, innovation, uncertainty, policy practicability, and social impact are six key aspects of the evolution of think tanks and their research,” he emphasized. “They are typical convergence problems and are related to our original reasons for developing double helix methodology.”

The trailblazer stated that he and his team have participated in pilot construction of high-end Chinese think tanks that utilize double helix methodology and that they formulated more-in-depth problem-, evidence-, and science-oriented DIIS methodology in order to address think tank problems after summarizing the experience that was gained and abstracting essential standardized research processes.

Published in 2021, the English version of Pan’s book “DIIS Theory and Methodology in Think Tanks” elaborates on the DIIS aspect of the framework, explaining that it aims to improve the scientificity, efficacy, and reliability of think tank research results, facilitate systematic theoretical analysis, and promote think tank development.

“To put it simply, consisting of a four-part research paradigm that can be used by think tanks comprised of an external process, an internal process, 10 key issues, and methods and tools for addressing them, double helix methodology starts with the study of a problem and ends with solutions,” he summarized. “Such a complete methodology makes it possible to integrate scientificity into the orientation, philosophy, process, and logic of think tank research.”

“The 10 key issues are decomposition of the think tank problem, the scenario analysis driven by think tank problem, the uncertainty analysis of think tank problem research, the policy simulation analysis of think tank problem research, the circulative iteration of think tank research, the coupling relationship between DIIS and MIPS, the expert organization and management of think tank research, the human-machine combination think tank research support system, the combination of objective analysis and subjective judgment, and the think tank product quality management,” Pan added.

“Constituting a complete knowledge system integrating knowledge and action and social and natural sciences and advancing with the times, the mature research tools and methods that we have developed have endowed CASISD with unique competitive advantages,” he elaborated. “The tools and methods will enable think tanks to help modernize the national governance system and enhance governance capacity and will become an indispensable force serving the progress of human civilization. Looking forward, think tank science and engineering should pursue and refine appropriate tools and research methods and theory and ideology and adapt to various application scenarios and research areas.”

Pan concluded: “We have paid special attention to social phenomena associated with issues in the real world in order to achieve the integration of theory and practice when conducting research. We should also strengthen international cooperation and exchange with regard to think tank research so as to jointly put forward solutions that promote the development of the world, overall prosperity, and the progress of civilization.”

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ZOLOZ ranked among Top 100 RiskTech Providers in the 2023 Chartis RiskTech100® Annual Report

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SINGAPORE, Nov. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ZOLOZ, a global leading technology service provider of AI-powered Digital Identity Verification Solution, has been recognized by Chartis Research as one of the top 100 RiskTech providers in the world. 

RiskTech100® is acknowledged as the most comprehensive independent study of the world’s major players in risk and compliance technology. Rankings are based on classifications including functionality, core technology, strategy, customer satisfaction, market presence and innovation, and focus on solutions, industry segments and success factors.

“Zoloz is a strong new entrant to the RiskTech100 this year, on the back of a complete KYC solution and APAC geographic focus,” said Phil Mackenzie, Research Principal at Chartis. “Part of the strength of its solution is based on the effective use of technologies such as explainable AI and penetration attack detection, which will help to secure its place in the market.”

“With our innovative technologies and deep industry insights, ZOLOZ helped more than 70 partners in more than 14 countries and regions including China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines in their digital transformation journeys, providing security, assurance and trusted solutions,” said Yuan Yuan (Ida), Business Director of ZOLOZ.

Major e-wallet operators and financial institutions including GCash in the Philippines, TnGD and Maybank in Malaysia, Dana in Indonesia, TrueMoney in Thailand, and Mandiri Bank in Indonesia, use ZOLOZ’s e-KYC (electronic Know-Your-Customer) solutions. The adoption of ZOLOZ’s e-KYC solutions helps clients reduce end user authentication time from days to around three minutes, while improving the authentication success rate from 65% to above 90%.

To read the entire report, click here.

About ZOLOZ

ZOLOZ is a global leading technology service provider of AI-powered Digital Identity Verification Solution. ZOLOZ is committed to supporting clients to make trust simple throughout the full circle of serving end users, from remote account opening to on-going transaction protection. ZOLOZ’s world leading digital identity products, powered by proprietary anti-spoofing algorithms, have been widely used by financial institutions to meet compliance requirements including KYC and AML, as well as detect transactional anomalies and precent fraud. ZOLOZ is in compliance with key industry standards, including PCI-DSS, ISO27001, and ISO27701.In 2022, ZOLOZ completed the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II audit process, in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

To learn more, please visit: https://www.zoloz.com/

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China Matters releases a short video “11 Reasons Why I’ve Fallen in Love with Beijing” to tell an American vlogger’s view

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BEIJING, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — From rich culture and history to convenient and enriched lifestyle, Beijing is an attractive place in the view of BeeRose who is from the U.S. and has been living in China for three years. In this video, she shares 11 reasons that make her love staying in Beijing.

Beijing is one of the four great ancient capitals of China with a history of over 3000 years. The Beijing government has also been making great efforts to preserve historical landmarks and cultural heritage which provide visitors with a flavour of its unique culture.

In this video, BeeRose is also impressed by Beijing’s rapid technological advances and convenient modern lifestyle. From tiny street vendors to big brands, a huge number of businesses in Beijing accept mobile payments.

“You have a little bar code that comes up. You scan it. Or you scan someone else’s bar code and you pay for it. Done! So easy! So simple! So cool!” said BeeRose.

Beijing is also a global city with food and goods from across the world, which makes BeeRose feel at home. Moreover, she also met her love of life in Beijing and formed a family.

“I was looking for my one in a million in the United States but actually, I found my one in a billion in China,” said BeeRose.

Contact: Jane Cheng
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Omdia: Semiconductor market declines into uncharted (seasonal) territory

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LONDON, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The semiconductor market has had an exceptional run of sequential revenue growth during the COVID-pandemic period that began in early 2020 according to Omdia’s Semiconductor Competitive Landscape Tool (CLT). A record eight-straight quarters of revenue growth occurred during this time. Now the market has begun to shrink for the last two quarters. 3Q22 semiconductor revenue was $147B, down 7% from the previous quarter of $158B.

Revenue quarterly percentage change Q2 to Q3
Revenue quarterly percentage change Q2 to Q3

“The decline in the market has not been uniform,” said Senior Research Analyst, Cliff Leimbach. “Different parts of the market are driving the weakness at different times. 2Q22’s decline was driven by a weakened PC market, with Intel declining 17%. The most recent decline is due to weakness in the memory market. Memory revenue is down 27% quarter on quarter (QoQ) as data center, PC, and mobile demand declined in combination with inventory adjustments from customers.”  

Following a record run, the semiconductor market has cooled down and consumer confidence has waned resulting in a historic drop for a third quarter. Semiconductor sales increased in anticipation of consumer demand increasing in the second half of the year. From 2002 through 2021, the long-term average quarterly growth was 8%.

The three memory-focused companies (Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology) all dropped one position. While the major memory suppliers accounted for a drop of over $10bn in semiconductor revenue for 3Q22, they weren’t the only companies to struggle. AMD revenues declined as they experienced a slow-down in demand for PCs and inventory reductions, the same market conditions that Intel felt the previous quarter.

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Total semiconductor QoQ growth
Total semiconductor QoQ growth
2Q22 Rank of Top 10 Semiconductor Companies
2Q22 Rank of Top 10 Semiconductor Companies
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Global Maritime SATCOM Services Growth to be Boosted by Smart Shipping

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Rising demand for broadband connectivity among customers and crew members drives several segments of the maritime industry to adopt SATCOM services

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Customers’ and crew members’ rising demand for broadband connectivity drives many segments of the maritime industry to adopt SATCOM services, according to Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Growth Opportunities in Global Maritime Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Services. Vessel and ship digitalization, automation, and smart shipping trends further fuel the need for increased connectivity at sea. Due to this, the SATCOM market is expected to reach $2.84 billion by 2030 from $2.44 billion in 2021, an uptick at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.7%.

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“The construction of NGSO (non-geostationary orbit) satellite constellations by market participants to offer services to the maritime industry is changing the dynamics of the maritime SATCOM sector,” said Ehrar Ahamed Shariff, Aerospace & Defense Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. “This trend will benefit maritime customers during the next three to five years by providing greater bandwidth, low-latency connectivity, and more SATCOM options.”

Shariff added: “Digitalization is essential for crew connectivity, safety, performance monitoring, and operational efficiency for connected ships and vessels. Further, advancement in maritime SATCOM will enable fifth-generation (5G) coverage at sea, providing ubiquity, lowering the cost of maritime SATCOM service, and improving the value proposition of very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) services in the maritime sector.”

To reap the benefits of the expanding maritime SATCOM industry, market participants should:

  • Investigate the connectivity needs and spending capabilities of fleet operators, cruise charters, and ship owners to provide tailored SATCOM services that meet their needs while staying within budget.
  • Develop terminals and custom solutions for the marine industry by leveraging their partnership with NGSO and network operators.
  • Consider strategic partnerships and acquire ICT companies that can analyze marine data and cybersecurity companies that can help secure their services.

Growth Opportunities in Global Maritime Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Services is the latest addition to Frost & Sullivan’s Aerospace & Defense research and analyses available through the Frost & Sullivan Leadership Council, which helps organizations identify a continuous flow of growth opportunities to succeed in an unpredictable future.

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World Stroke Organization Tackle Gaps in Access to Quality Stroke Care

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GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On World Stroke Day (29th Oct), the World Stroke Organization has announced the launch of a new program that aims to drive access to quality acute stroke care and save lives around the world.

What happens in the minutes after someone has a #stroke? They start to lose crucial brain tissue that contains memories, language and personality. Knowing the symptoms and acting FAST can save that person’s life.Learn the signs, Say it’s a stroke. Save #Precioustime
What happens in the minutes after someone has a #stroke? They start to lose crucial brain tissue that contains memories, language and personality. Knowing the symptoms and acting FAST can save that person’s life.Learn the signs, Say it’s a stroke. Save #Precioustime

The WSO Stroke Certification initiative is a strategic response to the results of a WHO-WSO survey which found that less than half (49%) of countries could provide comprehensive evidence-based acute stroke care. The survey also identified a huge gap in provision of care between high- and low- and middle-income countries. While 91% of high-income countries were able to provide access to specialist stroke unit care, the number was just 8% in low-income countries. 

Two of the fundamental markers of quality acute stroke care are the provision of thrombolysis (the removal of blood clots using intravenous medication) and thrombectomy (the removal of blood clots by keyhole surgery). Research published by WSO found global rates of access to these treatments stand at 46% and 30% respectively.

‘One in four of us will have a stroke in our lifetime, yet the majority of people globally lack access to effective treatment and stroke center care. On top of this, a lack of effective global prevention strategies has led us to a place where stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability worldwide, with a soaring human and economic cost,’ said WSO President Professor Marc Fisher. Incoming WSO President and leading Brazilian neurologist, Professor Sheila Martins added: ‘We have the knowledge and tools that could save millions of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars. Delivering quality stroke care is not just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do.’

WSO’s Global Stroke Guidelines and Action Plan aim to help institutions and governments implement evidence-based criteria and standards for care developed by WSO. Initially targeting hospitals in middle-income countries, the program will be launched on Nov 1st with the primary aim of growing the global network of accredited stroke care providers.

Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. On World Stroke Day the public, health care professionals, stroke survivors, politicians and industry leaders will come together to raise awareness of stroke symptoms and the importance of timely treatment.  

The public can follow the campaign on social media using #Precioustime and help raise awareness by sharing a clock selfie or participating in the strokespotter.org online game challenge.

Notes to Editors

I. The World Stroke Organization is the only global body solely focused on stroke. With around 3000 individual and 100 society members, spanning every global region, we represent over 55,000 stroke specialists in clinical research and support services. WSO is in official relations with WHO and has UN consultative status.
II. The WSO Stroke Certification program builds on the WSO-SIEVC Certification program in Latin America and the Caribbean https://www.world-stroke.org/news-and-blog/news/wso-siecv-certification-of-stroke-centers-in-latin-america-and-caribbean
III. State of stroke services across the globe https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/17474930211019568 
IV. WSO Global Stoke Factsheet https://www.world-stroke.org/publications-and-resources/resources/global-stroke-fact-sheet 
V. World Stroke Day website www.worldstrokecampaign.org

Contacts:

Anita Wiseman,
Campaign & Partnerships Manager, WSO
campaign@world-stroke.org
+447940029444

Knowing the symptoms and signs of a #stroke and acting #FAST can save a person’s life and all the things that make them unique.Learn the signs, Say it’s a stroke. Save #Precioustime
Knowing the symptoms and signs of a #stroke and acting #FAST can save a person’s life and all the things that make them unique.Learn the signs, Say it’s a stroke. Save #Precioustime
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Global Times survey: Chinese youngsters more confident, objective facing the West

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By GT staff reporters

BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — More Chinese youngster agreed that China can look at the West from an equal position. But there are also a notable part of them who acknowledge that China still lags behind the West in some aspects such as technologies, social welfare and film and television industries, and call for enhanced exchanges with Western countries, according to a latest survey of the Global Times Research Center. 

The results showed that nowadays Chinese youngsters are growingly confident in their own country given China’s magnificent achievements, but meanwhile they also have a very objective and clear understanding that the major gap between China and the West lies in the field of ideology. To achieve the long-term development goal, China still needs to continue efforts and learn and cooperate with the West in various fields, analysts said.

Being confident while also acknowledging our own shortcomings, this is in fact a higher level of confidence, Yang Xiyu, a senior research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, told the Global Times.

The West in this survey includes the US, member nations of the European Union, the UK, Japan, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

The survey was conducted in September and October, covering 1,655 youngsters aged 14-35 from 110 Chinese cities.

The survey showed that nearly 65 percent of the respondents agreed that now China can look at the West from an equal position, with two main reasons that “it is the natural result of China’s continuous development and strengthening” and “China plays a prominent role in the international arena and should be more confident.” Some of the group agreed that China and the West have their own advantages in different fields and can learn from each other.

This generation of young people grew up in an age when China began to accumulate capacity. They have witnessed the process of China’s rapid progress to a modernized state, and have enjoyed the benefits of modernization, Chinese analysts said.

Despite the confidence, Chinese youngsters are aware that China still has a long way to exceed the West in many other fields and achieved its long-term development goal.

According to the survey, 2.5 percent of the respondents warned that “there is still an obvious gap between China and the West, so we should not be blindly overconfident.”

In specific fields, 24.5 percent of the respondents agreed China still lags behind the West in technologies; 22.6 percent thought China is behind the West in social welfare and 16.6 percent thought we lag behind the West in film and television industry.

About 37 percent of the respondents called for strengthening exchanges and communications with the West via social media platform; 31.8 percent called on more cooperation in environment protection and 31.1 percent called for expanded trade and investment.

The younger generation in China has shown confidence in viewing the West, and they can also see some of our own shortcomings, and I think admitting our own shortcomings is a higher level of self-confidence, analysts said.

Having the courage to admit inadequacies and face up to the gaps are actually an important part of strategic self-confidence. In other words, self-confidence includes not only challenging competitors, but also valuing competitors and facing them squarely, analysts noted.

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