China's economy grew 7.6 percent in the second quarter of this year, its slowest pace in more than three years

A woman works a machine at a factory in Binzhou, northeast China's Shandong province in June 2012. Preliminary figures from HSBC's closely watched purchasing managers' index (PMI), which gauges ... more
A woman works a machine at a factory in Binzhou, northeast China's Shandong province in June 2012. Preliminary figures from HSBC's closely watched purchasing managers' index (PMI), which gauges nationwide manufacturing activity, hit 47.8 this month, the lowest since November less

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