Slowdown no reason to spell gloom for growth
An official from the National Bureau of Statistics predicted in a recent article that the gross domestic product (GDP) of 2008 would grow by less than 11.9 percent, the annual growth achieved in 2007.
Facing quake impact
The earthquake in Sichuan province will put the resilience of the Chinese economy to test again.
Transparency works
This earthquake took place less than two weeks after China's regulations on disclosure of government information took effect on May 1. How well the general public got informed of the disaster became a measure of how the regulations had their effect on governments at all levels.
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