Chen Lin

Breaking News @business. Ex-Reuters. Views personal. RT not endorsement.

[Erika Solomon @ErikaSolomon]

Issam was the sweetest colleague. He let me take a kitten I was nursing on assignment once, and made it a bed in his helmet. But he always reminded me, whenever I got careless: “Our goal is to cover the news, not become it”. I am so sorry this happened to you my dear Issam. RIP.

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

Crisis in #Israel and #Gaza tests limits of #China's diplomatic push.
with @Reuters @jamespomfret @josephhcash https://t.co/UwefzEMWo0

[Kenneth Li @kenli729]

Inside China's underground market for high-end Nvidia AI chips https://t.co/eHvhbln2g7 by @ByJoshYe @DavidKirton_ @chenlin_sg

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

Veteran Chinese diplomat says #US should ease off military deployments close to #China in an act of "good faith" if high-level defence talks between the two superpowers are to resume. https://t.co/DkHRzw1RJi / with @GregTorode

[Xinghui Kok 郭馨惠 @xinghui_kok]

China has reopened borders, but the visa free facility for Singaporeans has not been reinstated. The world's 2nd largest economy — whose citizens are SG's biggest tourism mkt spending S$4.1bn in 2019 — wants visa-free travel to be reciprocal @chenlin_sg

https://t.co/MG4DLcq5yf

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

Did some ultra-rich foreign buyers go ahead to buy houses after #Singapore doubled their stamp duties to an eye-watering 60%? Property agents told me what they went through right after the late-night announcement. Story with @xinghui_kok @TSWestbrook https://t.co/Cd98QVSAbn

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

#Breaking: Singapore raised taxes on private property purchases, including a doubling of stamp duties for foreigners to an eye-watering 60%
https://t.co/1UpIarWwXN

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

#Tesla has been cutting prices of its vehicles in some markets this year including the #US and #China to shore up demand, stoking concerns about worsening profitability among investors and analysts.
#Singapore #Cars #EV @Tesla

https://t.co/PywuRMGtXt

[Scott Murdoch @murdochsj]

Good story with great team @julie_zhuli @GeniusWu @f_potkin @chenlin_sg @sumeet_chat and editor Edwina Gibbs … https://t.co/pWlReLpgSB

[Joe Brock @JoeReuters]

Disillusioned at home, super-rich Chinese set their sights on Singapore @xinghui_kok @chenlin_sg https://t.co/0Cl8kVCL3v

[Fanny Potkin @f_potkin]

Sea's e-commerce arm Shopee $SE will shut down its local ops in Chile, Colombia, & Mexico (where it will do only cross-border) and leave Argentina entirely, sources told me & @TheRealJoshYe https://t.co/KpTtjxF7BC

[Josh Ye @ByJoshYe]

My latest w/ @chenlin_sg : Four people interviewed by Reuters who have participated in a WeChat group of some 60 people that was set up to discuss Shopee's withdrawal of offers said their offers were pulled just days before they were due to begin work. 1/ https://t.co/2zP859VxRw

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

My latest: Hundreds of public housing apartments in #Singapore are being sold for over S$ 1 million. The high prices are fuelling talk of new government measures to try to cool thriving property markets. @Reuters
https://t.co/v6metCLDxY
#property #markets #housing #realestate

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

"I believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most Singaporeans will now accept," the #Singapore PM said, as he announced the city-state will repeal Section 377A of the penal code, which criminalises #gay sex. #LGBT #LGBTQ @PinkDotSG https://t.co/7AgHgxrDZk

[Joe Brock @JoeReuters]

The @IISS_org Shangri-La Dialogue is almost upon us. What should we expect? @chenlin_sg & @idreesali114 take a peek @Reuters #SLD22 @ConnellyAL @jamescrabtree https://t.co/cfKj7lBHk2

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

Here, #Chinese nationals in New York, #London, #Sydney and #Singapore shared with me what they’re going through as #Beijing sticks to zero-COVID strategy while the rest of the world eases travel restrictions @Reuters

[Reuters @Reuters]

Cut off from home, Chinese diaspora frustrated at zero-COVID policy https://t.co/vZ16zuPMgd

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

Here’s my latest scoop on Chinese firm Shein, one of the world's fastest-growing fashion retailers, on their key moves in #Singapore and #China
#fashion #business @Reuters
https://t.co/6YJBVm4R1g

[Chen Lin @chenlin_sg]

#Expats head for the exit as 'easy' #Singapore's COVID controls bite https://t.co/SJ0JoObDOH @RDchatters

[Tom Wilson @_tom_wilson_]

On Friday @Reuters published @AABerwick and my story on how crypto giant @binance kept weak money-laundering checks. Always available to talk securely and in confidence to anyone with insight into @binance. Message or email for Signal

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