GDP rises by 4.8% year on year between July and September, down from second-quarter growth rate of 5.2%
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China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in a year in the latest quarter amid a trade war with the US and long-running woes in its property market.
Fragile domestic demand has left China’s economy heavily reliant on manufacturing and trade, at a time of mounting tensions with the Donald Trump administration.
GDP rose by 4.8% year on year between July and September, down from the second-quarter growth rate of 5.2%. It expanded by 1.1% in the third quarter compared with the second, the same as the revised growth rate for that quarter.
