China's economy grows at fastest pace in more than a year

China's economy grew at its fastest pace in more than a year in the first three months of 2017, up 6.9 percent from a year before, official data showed Monday, amid signs of a pickup in the world's second-largest economy.The National Bureau of Statistics, which released the data, said, "As positive changes kept emerging and major indicators performed better than expected, the national economy maintained the momentum of steady and sound development."The latest headline figure, buoyed by China's recent bullish trade with the rest of the world, compares with the previous quarter's 6.8 percent …READ FULL ARTICLE