Economic trends in China's Gross Domestic Product over a 50-year period can best be described as

A.) a gradual but steady decline in economic activity.

B.) relatively stable with low levels of economic activity from the 1950s to the late 1990s.

C.) a gradual but steady increase in economic activity.

D.) initially stable with a drastic increase in economic activity starting in the late 1980s

D.) initially stable with a drastic increase in economic activity starting in the late 1980s