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Chinese economy in spotlight as Beijing prepares for National People’s Congress

By France24
05 March 2023   |   5:22 pm
The Chinese Communist Party is expected to unveil its lowest economic growth target in decades amid an ongoing slump in the country's real estate market. Also on the show: Mexico plans food tariff cuts to confront high inflation, and Franco-Angolan business ties take centre stage as President Emmanuel Macron visits Luanda.

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