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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
NPR's business news starts with a slide in Chinese exports.
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INSKEEP: Chinese exports showed a surprise drop last month, according to government figures.
As NPR's Frank Langfitt reports, the September numbers underscore some of the challenges facing the world's second-largest economy.
FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: Chinese exports dropped point three percent in September from a year earlier. It was the worst performance in three months.