China's economy steamed to a solid ending last year, beating most estimates to end its final quarter with 6.5 per cent growth.
In spite of the low full-year figure - the economy grew only 2.3 per cent last year, the lowest in four decades - it is still the only major economy in the world that avoided a contraction last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with analysts and economists cautiously optimistic that such growth can continue.
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