China Manufacturing Activity Grows for Second Straight Month

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Workers on the assembly line at a factory of FAW-Volkswagen company in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on March 12, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

China’s manufacturing activity grew in March for the second month in a row, official data showed Monday, as the world’s second-largest economy fights to climb out of a prolonged slump.

Authorities have looked in recent months to revive confidence in the Chinese economy, grappling with a prolonged property sector crisis and now under increasing pressure from fresh trade tensions with the United States.

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