China economy grows despite pandemic

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    China says its economy grew by a little over two percent last year.

    China’s is likely to be the only major economy to do so as the United States, Japan and Europe struggle to get on top of rising infections.

    Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu reports from Beijing.

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