China's economy has recovered in the second quarter from a record contraction the previous quarter due to the impact of COVID-19. China's National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday that the economy grew over three percent on-year from April to June. This follows as Beijing ended lockdown measures,... and stepped up stimulus measures to tackle the shock caused by the pandemic. It is a sharp recovery from the whopping 6-point-8 percent contraction in the first quarter,...exceeding market expectations. In the first six months,... China's economy fell 1-point-6 percent from a year ago.