As many countries are struggling with a second wave of COVID-19 outbreaks, China has brought the virus under control and cemented its status as the world's major manufacturing and trading nation as well as economic powerhouse, economists have said. China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 4.9 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2020, faster than the 3.2-percent growth seen in Q2, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.
