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Compared to a year earlier. that s faster than expected but it s still the weakest growth in a year and a half. gross domestic product expanded 8.1% for the entire year about what experts predicted. kristi lu stout is in hong tongue with more on the numbers. great to see you. why is growth slowing like this and how will china s leadership help support the nation s economy? one major factor is china s zero covid policy. the zero tolerance approach to pandemic control. china has just reported its slowest economic growth in a year and a half, reporting fourth quarter gdp of just 4%. that was a little bit higher than what analysts were expecting. but it pales in comparison to the first half of last year when china experienced that sharp rebound from its initial pandemic slump. china right now is counting the cost of two things. number one, its ongoing deepening property crisis and number two its zero covid prols.
GrowthHalfGross-domestic-productExpertsKristi-lu-stout8-1NationEconomyNumbersApproachChinaControlDo about this? the fact that china s economy is slowing. economists and analysts we ve been talking to say they expect beijing, the leadership to step in, with a number of ways to shore up china s slowing economy through tax cuts, through increases in infrastructure spending, through fiscal measures like speeding up the issuances of local bonds. and timing is of course the essence right now. this is a very sensitive year, politically critical year, because later this year chinese president xi jinping is set to secure that unprecedented third term as not just the head of the chinese communist party but the military and the chinese government. back to you, rosemary. all right. kristi lu stout joining us live from hong kong. many thanks. you re welcome. england is taking another step in easing some of its covid rules. starting monday, people can end their self-isolation after five full days if they test negative on days 5 and 6 and have no fever. meanwhile, after weeks of debate
NumberEconomyAnalystsWaysChinaFactLeadershipIncreasesInfrastructure-spendingTax-cutsEconomistsStep-inWelcome back to cnn newsroom. i m george howell. in hong kong, we re following events there. two, different rallies under way this hour. on one side, protesters who demand more democratic liberty. on the other side, police family rememb members who want more respect shown to the force. in is one day after clashes broke out between authorities and democracy protesters. let s turn to our correspondents covering these events. our kristi lu stout. we see people behind you. what s the tone and the message? reporter: george, we ve been following this rally that s turned into a march, comprising of family members of the hong
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