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Confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 200,000 globally: Johns Hopkins University

The tally of confirmed cases in the COVID-19 pandemic has surpassed 200,000, according to the latest statistics of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Joh

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China's retail sales down 20.5 pct in first two months as virus hurts economy

China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of consumption growth, declined 20.5 percent year on year in the first two months of this year as the novel c

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China's industrial output falls 13.5 pct as virus hurts activities

China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, fell 13.5 percent year on year in the first two months of 2020 as the novel coronavirus outbrea

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China's inflation up 5.2% in February

Packed pork in a supermarket in Shanghai, February 12, 2020. /VCGChina's consumer inflation rose by 5.2 percent in February year on year, edging down from the 5.4-perce

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China's CPI up 5.2 pct in February

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 5.2 percent year on year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. The rate ease

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China's producer prices down 0.4 pct in February

China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, dropped 0.4 percent year on year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics

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China's economy expands 6.1 percent in 2019

China's economy grew 6.1 percent year on year in 2019, according to a report released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday.Gross domestic product (GDP) tota

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Nigeria post highest quarterly GDP growth in Q4 since recession

Nigeria’s economic growth rose to an annual rate of 2.55% in the three months to the end of December, its highest quarterly growth since a 2016 recession, the statistics office said on Monday.The

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China's home prices remain stable in January

Home prices in 70 major Chinese cities remained generally stable in January, official data showed Monday. New home prices in four first-tier cities -- Beijing, Shangha

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Beijing reports less real estate investment in 2019

Beijing's fixed-asset investment dropped by 2.4 percent year on year in 2019, with the investment in real estate development down 0.9 percent, according to the Beijing

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China's factory activities fall in January

The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 50 in January, slightly down from 50.2 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics sai

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China's beer industry sees stable growth in 2019

China's beer industry reported steady expansion in 2019 with leading output and growth rate in the alcohol-making sector, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. The annual output

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China's tertiary industry accounts for 53.9 pct of total GDP

The added value of China's tertiary industry accounted for 53.9 percent of the country's GDP, up 0.6 percentage points year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics

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China's economy expands 6.1 pct in 2019

China's economy grew 6.1 percent year on year in 2019, within the government's annual target of 6 to 6.5 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.

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Chinese mainland population exceeds 1.4 billion

The total population in Chinese mainland exceeded 1.4 billion at the end of 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.

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China's home prices remain stable in December

Home prices in 70 major Chinese cities remained generally stable in December, official data showed Thursday. New home prices in four first-tier cities -- Beijing, Shan

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China's CPI up 4.5 pct in December

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.5 percent year on year in December, unchanged from that in November,