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Chinese economy continues its pandemic bounce back – BBC News
World’s second largest economy saw factory output surge more than 30% in the first two months of 2021.
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Key economic data in China surged dramatically in the first two months of 2021, pointing to a continued recovery for the world’s second largest economy.
China’s industrial output grew 35.1% in January and February compared to the same months last year.
The strong numbers are distorted because they are compared to 2020, when most of China’s factories were in pandemic lockdown.
But Monday’s slew of economic data still beat analysts’ expectations.
Looking back to 2019 before…
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