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China's economy expanded in the second quarter, but the growth rate was one of the lowest recorded in decades and came in below the government's annual target range.
The gap between what Beijing projected and what the economy delivered sharpens questions about where the full-year figure lands and adds to a run of data pointing to deepening economic pressure.
What the target miss means China's government sets annual growth targets as a policy anchor.
A second-quarter reading that falls outside that range places more weight on the back half of the year to recover ground, assuming the government holds to the target at all.
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