China's economy grew 5% for the whole of 2025, data from its National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday (Jan 19), meeting the government's target by seizing a record share of global demand for goods to offset weak domestic consumption, a strategy that blunted the impact of US tariffs but is increasingly hard to sustain.

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