BEIJING: Inflation is taking a toll on China’s businesses, as two manufacturing surveys show that input prices are rising and weighing on commercial activity.
The broader Chinese economy remained healthy but firms warned that they were passing rising costs on to consumers, which could hurt domestic demand, and struggling on export sales because of weak global markets.
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