China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) picked up to 51.7 in July from June’s 51.0, hitting a 27-months high, according to data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics. At the same time, the final reading of the HSBC PMI, representing a group of private-sector and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), also surged to 52.0 […]

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