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Beijing, Oct 18 (EFE/EPA).- China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.9 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, down from the 7.9 percent growth in the second, official data published Monday showed.The third-quarter growth is slightly lower than expected by analysts, who had forecast the economy to grow by around 5 percent.The growth eased to 0.2 percent in July-September from 1.3 percent in the second quarter. (Camera: WU HONG).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WALK IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD) IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Bangkok / Manila / Hanoi / Jakarta, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- In its worst wave of the pandemic, Southeast Asia has resigned itself to living with Covid-19 and is committed to relaxing restrictions to revive the ailing economy and give its exhausted population a break.Countries such as Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia, which kept Covid-19 low in 2020, have been facing an exponential increase in cases for months due to the contagious delta variant, originally detected in India. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE COVID-19 SITUATIONS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; MANILA, PHILIPPINES; HANOI, VIETNAM AND JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Chinese technology giant Huawei criticises the latest US move to cut it off from semiconductor suppliers as a "pernicious" attack that will sow chaos in the global technology sector and other industries. "This decision is both arbitrary and pernicious and threatens to undermine the entire industry worldwide," a Huawei spokesman said. SOUNDBITE
As the world's second largest economy slows, the threat of unemployment looms for migrant workers. Natasha Howitt reports.
China’s major banks reporting slowest first quarter profit growth in six years as the economy slows and bad loans are on the rise. Meg Teckman reports.
The United States "will not accept" a situation where underpriced Chinese goods flood the global market, battering industries elsewhere, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday as she wrapped up high-level talks in China. This was the situation over a decade ago when Chinese government support led to a surge in steel exports, she told reporters, adding: "I know that these serious concerns are shared by our allies and partners." SOUNDBITE
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