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Can China grow by 8% this year?

Signs of recovery in China have bolstered confidence that the economy can achieve or beat the government’s target of 8% GDP growth in 2009. But we suspect that China is growing more slowly than the official figures suggest and that any rebound will be weaker than many hope too.

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