China’s official gauge of factory activity tumbled into contractionary territory in January as factories suspended operations days ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. The manufacturing ...

The slide in factory activity was partly due to the approach of the holidays, said Zhao Qinghe, a bureau senior statistician. China's most important festival, this year public holidays will begin ...

China’s factory activity fell back into contractionary territory in January in advance of an early Lunar New Year holiday period, a drop-off following a rush of purchase orders issued in the run ...

China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracted in January, coming in at 49.1, missing the 50.1 forecasts, while services activity sharply slowed to 50.2, down from a 9-month high of 52.2 in ...

China's factory activity growth in December missed analysts' expectations Tuesday, signaling that Beijing's stimulus measures were not sufficient to meaningfully boost the country's ailing economy.