China shook off the global crisis as growth surged to 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009 but inflation picked up, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rising prices without disrupting the recovery.
Quarterly growth beat forecasts and boosted the 2009 expansion in the world’s third-largest economy to 8.7 percent, up from a low of 6.1 percent in the first quarter.
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