BEIJING: China’s economy grew at a record pace during the first quarter as it rebounded from a historic contraction caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), and boosted by exports and domestic demand, an Agence France-Presse poll of analysts found. The world’s number two economy is tipped to have expanded 18.7 percent on-year, according to the average forecast by economists from 15 institutions, having been the only major one to grow at all last year.

While the virus first emerged in central China in late 2019, the country was also the

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