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China's GDP shrinks 1.6 pct in first half of 2020

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Beijing/China, Jul 16 (EFE/EPA).- China's gross domestic product shrank by 1.6 percent year-on-year during the first half of 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported Thursday.The Asian country's GDP expanded by 3.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of the year, beating analysts' forecasts, which had predicted a growth of 2.5 percent.(Camera: WU HONG / ALEKSANDAR PLAVEVSKI)FOOTAGE SHOWS B ROLL OF BEIJING (00:00:00-00:01:30) AND SHANGHAI (00:01:30-00:05:46), CHINA.

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