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While China's GDP growth for 2025 hit Beijing's target of 5%, experts say the growth was driven by industrial exports and slowed to its lowest level in a decade in the fourth quarter. Domestic demand continues to weaken as the country contends with US tariffs and a plummeting birth rate.

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00:00Chinese economy is showing signs of strain as GDP growth grinds to its slowest pace in years.
00:07China's government says GDP growth hit its 5% target in 2025, but experts say the growth was lopsided,
00:15driven mainly by industrial exports, and that it slowed to its lowest level in a decade in the fourth quarter.
00:23Domestic demand and consumer spending continue to trend downward.
00:26China is contending with ongoing U.S. tariffs and a shrinking population with the number of births last year, the lowest on record.

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