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This photo taken on October 17, 2011 shows a worker monitoring the loading of containers on to a ship at the harbour in Qingdao, in northeast China's Shandong province. China said its economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter as government efforts to tame inflation and turbulence in Europe and the United States curbed business activity, as gross domestic product in the world's second-largest economy grew 9.1 percent year-on-year in the quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, compared with a 9.5 percent year-on-year expansion in the second quarter. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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