China’s factory activity fell faster than expected in May as economic recovery stumbles

China’s factory activity shrank faster than expected in May on weakening demand, heaping pressure on policy-makers to shore up a patchy economic recovery and knocking Asian financial markets lower. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to a five-month low of 48.8, the…

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