Title: Mixed Economic Results for June in China
Content: <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/297/china_auidio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Mixed Economic Results for June in China' data-article-id='576'><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='14979'>China says its imports and exports were 6.9 percent lower in the first half of 2015, compared to the first six months of last year. </span> <span data-start-time='14979' data-end-time='20729'>The Chinese government’s goal was a six percent increase.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='20729' data-end-time='31354'>The government blames the drop in trade on slower demand among Chinese consumers and in foreign markets.</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/297/china_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3248 data-hint-location='20729' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/what_does_consumer_mean.m4a'>What does <strong>consumer</strong> mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='an individual or organization that uses a good or service'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/an_individual_or_organization_that_uses_a_good_or_service.m4a'><span>an individual or organization that uses a good or service</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/religious_ceremony.m4a'><span>religious ceremony</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/an_agreement.m4a'><span>an agreement</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/the_main_idea.m4a'><span>the main idea</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3249 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/what_has_china_seen_a_drop_in.m4a'>What has China seen a drop in?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='economy'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/pollution.m4a'><span>pollution</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/literacy_rates.m4a'><span>literacy rates</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/economy.m4a'><span>economy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/employment_rates.m4a'><span>employment rates</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3250 data-hint-location='20729' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/the_government_blames_the_drop_in_trade_on_slower_demand_among_chinese__blank_.m4a'>The government blames the drop in trade on slower demand among Chinese <span class='blank'>consumers</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='consumers'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/goods.m4a'><span>goods</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/schools.m4a'><span>schools</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/businesses.m4a'><span>businesses</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/297/consumers.m4a'><span>consumers</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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China says its imports and exports were 6.9 percent lower in the first half of 2015, compared to the first six months of last year. The Chinese government’s goal was a six percent increase.
The government blames the drop in trade on slower demand among Chinese consumers and in foreign markets.
