BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s economy grew 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2017, government data showed Monday, beating expectations in the latest sign of stabilization in the world’s second-largest economy. The reading was better than the median analyst expectation of 6.8 percent in an AFP poll. “The national economy in the first quarter has maintained the momentum of steady and sound development,” the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. It added […]