International crisis starting to hit Chinese economy. - The National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC) has just announced that growth in the Chinese economy fell below 10% in the first quarter of 2008. NBSC spokesman, Li Xiaochao, acknowledged that the international crisis was now also affecting the Chinese economy. Throughout 2007, Chinese GDP jumped by 11.9%, the fifth consecutive year in two-figure growth. In the third quarter of 2008, growth just managed to reach 9.0%, its lowest...