"As the credit crisis unfolded over the past year, one of the few certainties in the global economy seemed to be China's ability to plough on regardless of double- digit growth rates...The ...crisis has also focused ...on the need to update a growth model that...is still dependent on assembling goods for export without adding much value and on heavy industries that create pollution. Chinese companies have continued to find new foreign markets for their products...several other factors point to a slowing property market...production of steel, cement and air conditioners was down... Retail sales have risen by 23 per cent i each of the last two months".
Beijing's Burden, FT.com, by Geoff Dyer, Sept. 23,
-According to the article, can be expected to this year.

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The article states that "Chinese companies have continued to find new foreign markets for their products". This suggests that exports are likely to increase this year.

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