During the first quarter, China reported a quarterly trade deficit for the first time in seven years, as imports soared to an all-time high.

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The company said increased inventories at networking companies in China contributed to the weak quarterly results.

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The right-hand chart, from the World Bank's latest China Quarterly Update, shows GDP growth relative to its estimated potential growth rate if the economy operated at full capacity.

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From the start of 2010 (when China first started publishing quarterly BOP data) we experiment with various currency proportions, before settling on the following composition of FX reserves: 60% held in USD assets, 30% in euros and 5% each in yen and sterling.

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Before long Emily had become his assistant at China Quarterly, of which he was the founding editor, and in due course his wife.

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Samsung benefits from selling cheaper devices, and is even the market leader in China, but it spoke cautiously through its quarterly earnings statement on Thursday.

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Toyota's quarterly vehicle sales were down 13 percent in China and down 15 percent in Japan, compared to the same period last year.

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