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CHINA PRESS: The growth rate of real GDP in China is expected to reach 6.8% in

the third quarter give the sharp rise in the official PMI for October and

acceleration of industrial profits reported in September, the Shanghai

Securities News reported Monday. Although exports, inventory restocking, and

infrastructure investment have slowed down in the period from July to September,

real estate investment was better than expected. In combination with the

stability in consumption and services, the performance of the economy will

continue to be strong, the report argued. However, the fourth quarter would

suffer headwinds, given the higher comparison base in the same period of last

year and weak property sales, the report said, adding the real GDP could

decelerate to 6.6% for the October-December quarter. (Shanghai Securities News)