BEIJING, Aug 31, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - China's factory output ticked up in August but still recorded a fifth straight month of contraction, official data showed on Sunday, as trade talks with the United States continue ahead of a new November tariff deadline. The Purchasing Managers' Index -- a key measure of industrial output -- was 49.4, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, up slightly from 49.3 in July. A Bloomberg analysts' poll had forecasted the index would be 49.5. The last time China recorded a figure above 50 -- indicating growth -- was in March. NBS statistician Zhao Qinghe hailed the improvement from a month earlier as evidence that "overall economic prosperity continues to expand". In July, the NBS...
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