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This R&D provides resources on the Chinese economy.  The country is currently moving away from an export-driven model to more of a consumer-driven model of growth, which has produced an economic slowdown and contributed to some of the weakness in the global economy.  There is also evidence that the country’s property market is cooling and some economists warn of deflation, since the country’s inflation rate was below previous estimates and its economy is producing more goods than it can sell.