Domestic demand in China has been sluggish, and the last report showed that the manufacturing secto…

Chinese GDP climbed 7.4% in the first quarter, confirming the economic slowdown economist and inves…

So far experts have attributed to slowdown to impact of the Lunar New Year holiday. But after l…

Economists polled by Bloomberg are looking for PMI to come in at 50.8. This compares with 50.9 the …

This is a preliminary measure of the official survey (which will come at the beginning of August) w…

Last month's report showed that "new business from overseas increased for the first time in six mon…

A worker dries shirts bearing an image of U.S. President Barack Obama's face over that of China's l…

Chinese economic data disappointed markets in June and caused many to panic about the economic slow…

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The Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e-3 lunar probe blasts off from the launch pad at Xicha…

“March flash manufacturing PMI rebounded to 51.7 on the back of stronger new orders and production …

A paramilitary policeman standing guard is silhouetted on a large screen showing propaganda slogans…

“At 51.9, January’s HSBC China manufacturing PMI rose for the fifth consecutive month to the highes…

"The prevailing analysis in the market has focused on the annual change in the monthly data on indu…

Generally, fears have been growing that Chinese growth is flagging again (something confirmed by la…

"We are confident to maintain our above-consensus 7.6% and 7.5% yoy growth forecasts for 3Q and 4Q …

"As the survey was conducted in mid-July, we believe the decline was likely due to the prolonged pe…

"That said, there are significant distortions on PMI readings around the Lunar New Year (LNY) holid…

"With the recent weak IP growth, the brought-forward property tightening measures, the new leaders’…

Why PMI is not a good barometer Neither the NBS nor the HSBC could do a good job in creating PMI d…