The author is ANZ greater China chief economist Liu Li-Gang China’s official purchasing managers' index (PMI), the bellwether of large industrial firms, picked up for the second consecutive month to 50.8 in May from April’s 50.4. In the meantime, the HSBC PMI, representing a group of private-sector and small and medium enterprises, surged to 49.7 […]

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