NYT: China’s Q4 GDP growth drops below 9%. 

WSJ: Analysis of China’s slowing GDP.

NYT: Coverage of last night’s GOP debate. (Number 16, for those keeping track)

WSJ: What the number of first-time unemployment claims can tell us about the economy.

The Hill: Trade advocates caution the White House not to cut agencies too steeply.

WSJ: The leader of the Wukan protests now has a job with the Communist Party of China.

Yglesias: Potential increases in sales will drive hiring decisions in 2012.

AP: American foreign aid is expanding in East Asia, to counter China’s growing influence.

The Hill: Retailers predict slow sales to continue through the end of 2012.

Evolving Excellence: How Milliken & Co. kept textile jobs in South Carolina.