BEIJING: Factory activity in China expanded at its fastest pace in more than two years last month, official and private measures both showed Tuesday, boding well for the world’s second-largest economy.

Investors closely watch the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) numbers, which gauge conditions at Chinese factories and mines, as the first indicators of the health of the economy each month.

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