BEIJING: Chinese manufacturing activity expanded in February, official figures showed Wednesday, in a sign of strength for the world’s second-largest economy as Beijing attempts a difficult economic transition.

The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI), which gauges conditions at factories and mines, came in at 51.6 in February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.

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