Economy cools in 3rd quarter
By Chen Jia | China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-19 07:51

Hard landing ruled out due to robust consumption
BEIJING - Economic growth cooled in the third quarter to its slowest pace in more than two years amid tightening measures, debt fears in the euro zone and a sluggish US economy.
But the world's second-largest economy is not facing any risk of a hard landing given its sound fundamentals, economists said.
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