BEIJING: China's economy picked up even more speed in the second quarter, reaching a dizzying 10.9% growth rate likely to trigger tighter controls to slow things down, state media said yesterday.
The figure, published by the official Securities Times without giving sources, compares with 10.3% year-on-year growth in the first quarter of 2006. In all of 2005, the economy had expanded by 9.9%.
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