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   China's Q3 GDP grows 4.5% as AI-driven exports offset weak domestic spending

   China's economy grew 4.5% year on year in the third quarter of 2026, up from the previous quarter but below the 5% expansion recorded from January to March, putting it at the bottom of Beijing's 4.5%–5% annual target, according to official data from the National Bureau of Statistics. The BBC reported that global demand for chips and other components used to build AI data centres helped lift high-tech goods sales by 14.3%, while battery and industrial robot production each grew more than 29%, partly offsetting weak household spending. Property investment fell more than 20% in the first nine months from a year earlier, and analysts cited weak domestic demand, trade tensions and uncertainty over AI investments as risks; Techmeme's summary states Q2 growth was 4.3%, a figure the BBC text does not give.

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