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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1072/bus_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Chinese Businesses Struggle as Economy Slows' data-article-id='1546'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10375'>Economists are debating the possibility that China’s economy could have a “hard-landing” or lengthy recession.</span> <span data-start-time='10375' data-end-time='16458'>For most Chinese businesses, the slowdown has become a reality.</span> <span data-start-time='16458' data-end-time='23396'>The question that concerns those businesses most is how to keep going.</span> <span data-start-time='23396' data-end-time='30917'>In the Chinese city of Yiwu, sellers are feeling the effects of a slowing economy.</span> <span data-start-time='30917' data-end-time='35646'>But they also are finding ways to weather the storm.</span> <span data-start-time='35646' data-end-time='41417'>Henry Kou’s family has been in the porcelain business for many years.</span> <span data-start-time='41417' data-end-time='46542'>The family business was good when China’s economy was booming.</span> <span data-start-time='46542' data-end-time='53458'>But now, the economy is growing at its slowest rate in more than 25 years.</span> <span data-start-time='53458' data-end-time='59375'>The market for dinner plates and other porcelain products is weak.</span> <span data-start-time='59375' data-end-time='67396'>Over the past two years, Henry Wou says, sales have dropped by 20 percent.</span> <span data-start-time='67396' data-end-time='76042'>To keep afloat, he has cut production and packaging costs, even his own profits.</span> <span data-start-time='76042' data-end-time='85292'>“Our customers are really hurting too, so we’ve tried to limit our profits in the hope that we can keep business going.”</span> <span data-start-time='85292' data-end-time='91292'>He sells porcelain products in Yiwu’s huge wholesale market.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1072/china_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' 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very well</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6215 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1072/what_might_chinas_economy_experience_in_the_future.m4a'>What might China's economy experience in the future?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='recession'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1072/increase.m4a'><span>increase</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1072/jump.m4a'><span>jump</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1072/recession.m4a'><span>recession</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1072/stabilization.m4a'><span>stabilization</span></div></div></div><div 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