2022 expansion of 3% tops gloomy forecasts, with signs of improvement seen in December
Employees work on a car assembly line at a Beijing Automotive factory in Qingdao, in China’s east. (Photo: AFP)
BEIJING: China’s economy grew last year at its slowest pace in four decades as it was hammered by Covid-19 lockdowns and a property crisis but the forecast-beating reading raised hopes for a strong recovery as it reopens.
Beijing’s rigid adherence to its zero-Covid strategy of strict containment that effectively shut the country off from the world hammered business activity last year and threw supply chains offline, rattling the global economy.
The measures meant the growth came in at just three percent…
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