In the first quarter of this year, China's economy grew by 11.9%.

今年第一季度，中国经济保持了强劲的增长势头，达到11.9%，创下国际金融危机爆发以来最快增速。

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Nevertheless, the economy slowed sharply in the first quarter of this year (see chart).

尽管如此，该国今年第一季度的经济增长速度大幅放缓(见图表)。

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But even this flicker of life may prove to have been snuffed out in the first quarter of this year.

但这微弱的闪光或许会被今年第一季度所抹杀。

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Footwear sales rose by about 10 percent in the first quarter of this year, with exports to several markets, including China,up.

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He notes that is an optimistic figure. Economic figures recently released by the Russian Federal Statistics Service show the GDP declined in the first quarter of this year by 9.5 percent.

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China says its economic growth in the first quarter of this year exceeded 10 percent.

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It slowed dramatically to an initially reported 1.6% in the first quarter of this year.

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