China GDP: economy grew by 4.8 per cent in first quarter despite ‘complicated, uncertain’ headwinds

• China’s economy grew by 4.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 compared with a year earlier, up from the 4 per cent growth seen in the fourth quarter of last year
• Retail sales fell by 3.5 per cent in March from a year earlier, while industrial production grew by 5 per cent last month