China's Economy Slows To 6.8 Percent Last Quarter

by Louisa Lim, NPR

By most countries' standards, China's economy is flourishing. It grew almost 7 percent in the last quarter and 9 percent for 2008. Still, that was a slowdown, snapping a five-year streak of double-digit growth. China is the world's third-largest economy after the United States and Japan.

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• Morning Edition, January 22, 2009