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Green shoots spotted

China's industrial sector showed signs of recovery in the seven months of this year as the government economic stimulus started to take effect, according to a joint report from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the China Academy of Social Sciences. Growth rate of China's industrial sector has surged from 3.8 percent in the first two months of this year to 10.9 percent in July, said the report.

Rescue helicopters bought