China's economy grew 7.9 percent from a year earlier during the April-June period, official data showed Thursday, but the pace of expansion slowed from the first quarter amid fears that the corporate sector may become sluggish ahead due largely to material inflation.The world's second-biggest economy recorded the fifth straight quarter of growth, underscoring that the Asian power has steadily overcome the coronavirus shock, buoyed by the healthy recuperation of both internal and external demand.Since the increase in new infections apparently peaked in late February last year, China, dubbed …READ FULL ARTICLE
