China industrial output rebounds after stimulus

BEIJING: China’s industrial production surprised over the weekend with its best showing since June, the latest indication that government stimulus measures may be driving a mild recovery in the world’s second largest economy.

Output at factories, workshops and mines increased 6.2 percent last month from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, the first increase since August and a significant jump from October’s figure of 5.6 percent.