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Podcast | China’s Q4 growth miracle, and future prospects for its export machine

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While there was never any doubt that China would hit its 2024 GDP growth target of "around 5%," the general consensus was that full-year growth would come in somewhere near the bottom end of what might acceptably be considered "around."

Needless to say, it was quite a surprise when the stats bureau...