Chinese economy stabilises. According to the latest statistics for the national office of statistics in Beijing, published on 18 October, the Chinese economy is slowing down, under the effects of the world economic crisis, but it is showing signs of stabilising. Growth settled at 7.4% over a year in the third quarter of 2012, in slight decline in relation to the previous quarter (7.6%). This is the seventh quarterly decrease in a row. However, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao was reassuring,...