BEIJING: China’s gross domestic products (GDP) growth weakened to a new post-financial-crisis low in the first quarter, an Agence France-Presse survey shows, as weakness in manufacturing, consumer spending and property prices weighed on the world’s second-largest economy.

The median forecast in a poll of 15 economists indicates gross domestic product expanded 6.9 percent in January-March, down from 7.3 percent in the final three months of last year.

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