China’s Economic Growth Slows Amid Sputtering Domestic Demand

Employees work on the production line at the Anhui Jingjiu Silk Company in Fuyang, east China's Anhui province, on October 20, 2025. (Photo by -STR / AFP)

By Peter Catterall and Isabel Kua

China’s economic growth slipped below five percent in the third quarter of 2025, official data showed Monday, the slowest pace in a year in the face of trade headwinds and a continued domestic consumer slump.

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