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CHINA PRESS: In the short to medium term China's economy may maintain its stable

status and positive trend, the Economic Information Daily, a newspaper under the

official Xinhua News Agency, said in a front-page commentary Wednesday. The

conclusion is based on stable consumption, foreign trade and investment.

However, the newspaper said the real challenges for the economy lay in

investment. A tightening of local-government debt may affect investment in

infrastructure and the property market is slowing, too. Investment in

manufacturing is edging up but is relatively small. It is difficult to make up

for gaps left by the infrastructure and property sectors, it said. (Economic

Information Daily)