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China's economy in worst downturn since '70s in virus battle

by AP Business Writer
| April 16, 2020 9:03 PM

BEIJING (AP) — China faces a drawn-out struggle to revive its economy after it suffered its biggest contraction since at least the 1970s after ordering hundreds of millions of people to stay home to fight the coronavirus.

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