BEIJING: Chinese manufacturing activity fell into contraction in August, with an official index on Tuesday slumping to a three-year low in the latest sign of a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy.

The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) came in at 49.7 last month, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.

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