China's economy grew at 6.6% in 2018, slowest rate in almost 3 decades

China's economy grew at 6.6 per cent in 2018, its slowest rate in almost three decades. The world's second biggest economy was grappling with the effects of the current trade war with the US and declining exports. In the three months to December, the economy grew 6.4% from a year earlier, down from 6.5 per cent in the previous quarter. The data was in line with forecasts but underlines recent concern about weakening growth. China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)  ...