SE CONFIRMA cuasi-oficialmente la desaceleración de la economía china:

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's finance minister signaled that Beijing may be willing to tolerate economic growth in the second half of the year significantly below 7 percent, marking the most sobering comment to date from a senior policymaker on the country's slowdown.

Speaking in Washington, Lou Jiwei said growth in the world's second-largest economy could be 7 percent this year, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. That would mean growth coming in below the government's official target for the first time in living memory.