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By Peter Catterall Retail sales and factory activity in China slowed last month, official data showed Friday, highlighting the uphill battle facing authorities battling a persistent consumer malaise in the world's second-largest economy. Beijing has ...
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File image of the Coca Codo Sinclair dam in Ecuador that was financed and built by China. Image via amalavida.tv CC BY 2.0
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Colombia Joins Belt and Road Initiative as China Courts Latin America
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