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Isabel Kua

Singapore, APAC

China correspondent @AFP in Beijing, trained by @business @Reuters @TODAYonline @straits_times previously based in 🇸🇬

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  • Northeast China Restaurant Fire Kills 22

    2 weeks ago | barrons.com | Isabel Kua |Mary Yang

    A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people and injured three on Tuesday, Beijing's state media said, with footage posted online showing fierce flames engulfing the building. The blaze erupted at lunchtime in Liaoyang City, about 580 kilometres (360 miles) northeast of the capital Beijing, according to state broadcaster CCTV. "The incident has resulted in 22 deaths and three injuries," it added.

  • Eclaircie pour l'économie chinoise, mais orage en vue

    4 weeks ago | wargny.com | Mary Yang |Isabel Kua

    Meilleure qu'attendu et portée notamment par un rebond des exportations, la croissance de 5,4% affichée par la Chine au premier trimestre lui apporte une bouffée d'oxygène. Mais des analystes préviennent: de fortes turbulences économiques sont annoncées avec la tempête de surtaxes douanières de Donald Trump. Une performance en trompe-l'oeil?

  • Eclaircie pour l'économie chinoise, mais orage en vue

    4 weeks ago | capitol.fr | Mary Yang |Isabel Kua

    Meilleure qu'attendu et portée notamment par un rebond des exportations, la croissance de 5,4% affichée par la Chine au premier trimestre lui apporte une bouffée d'oxygène. Mais des analystes préviennent: de fortes turbulences économiques sont annoncées avec la tempête de surtaxes douanières de Donald Trump. Une performance en trompe-l'oeil?

  • China's Forecast-beating Growth Belies Storm Clouds Ahead: Analysts

    4 weeks ago | barrons.com | Mary Yang |Isabel Kua

    Forecast-beating growth in China's first quarter may have offered Beijing's economic planners some much needed good news -- but analysts warn they should strap in for tariff-induced woes further down the line. The National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday the world's number-two economy expanded 5.4 percent on-year in January-March, helped by a surge in exports.

  • Trade and growth on agenda for key China meeting

    2 months ago | dailygazette.com | Isabel Kua |Peter Paul Catterall |Aggi Cantrill

    China's largest political event of the year begins in Beijing on Tuesday, as US tariffs cast a cloud over closed-door meetings involving thousands of delegates from across the country. The meetings, known as the "Two Sessions", are concurrent gatherings of China's rubber-stamp parliament and a separate political advisory body.

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