Beijing, Sept 30, 2025 (AFP) - China factory activity shrinks in September for sixth straight month

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2025-09-30

China's factory activity shrank for a sixth straight month in September, official data showed Tuesday, as a domestic consumer slump and lingering trade uncertainty weigh on the economy. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 49.8, narrowly below the value of 50 separating contraction from expansion, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Still, the reading beat the forecast of 49.6 in a Bloomberg survey of ec......

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