The New York Times, 12 May 2009, BETTINA WASSENER
HONG KONG — Disappointing export data from China on Tuesday dented hopes that the global economy had put the worst behind it, highlighting the severity of the obstacles to recovery and injecting a note of realism into stock markets.
Exports from mainland China slumped 22.6 percent in April from a year earlier, official statistics showed — a fall that was not only larger than economists had expected but also bigger than that in March, when overseas shipments declined 17.1 percent.
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