The flash Caixin/Markit China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined further to 47.1 in August, the lowest reading since the Global Financial Crisis and a sixth straight month below 50, the level separating contraction from expansion. The number came against market expectation of a modest improvement for the month, with Bloomberg consensus projection of 48.2. […]

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