BEIJING: China’s economic juggernaut slowed but still maintained
double-digit growth in the first half of the year as it battled
inflation and absorbed global setbacks, official data showed
Thursday.
The world’s fourth biggest economy expanded by
10.4 percent in the first half and 10.1 percent in the second
quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics said, down from the
sizzling pace of 11.9 percent recorded for all of 2007.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive
Donald Tsang announced a series of short-term relief measures to
alleviate inflation, which involve the spending of HK$11 billion
(US$1.41 billion).
TAIPEI: Wang Cheng is looking forward to running and wearing
trousers for the first time in more than a decade after
life-changing surgery in Taiwan to correct a rare and painful
condition which caused her legs to treble in size.
