China's GDP grows at 6.5% in Sept quarter, slowest since 2009
China's economy grew 6.5% in the July-September quarter, its slowest quarterly Gross Domestic Product growth since early 2009 at the height of the global financial crisis. Growth was hurt by the weakest factory output since February 2016 in September. The world's second largest economy, however, said it is on track to achieve the full-year growth target of about 6.5%.