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China activity slows as pollution measures bite

Factories are forced to cut back on production and banks hold back on lending

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Published Tue, Nov 14, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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CHINA economic activity slowed last month as millions of factories are forced to cut back on production and banks hold back on lending.

Industrial output rose 6.2 per cent year-on-year in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, down from a 6.6 per cent increase in September.

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