BEIJING: China's factory output growth slowed in October and demand woes in the property sector showed few signs of abating even though consumers seemed to perk up a bit more, backing calls for more stimulus to get the economy firing on all cylinders.
The burst of data is likely to maintain pressure on Chinese policymakers as they brace for the return to the White House of Donald Trump, who has vowed to hike tariffs on Chinese goods and named China hawks to his cabinet in a troubling sign for the world's second-biggest economy.
