BEIJING: Chinese inflation was unchanged at a near five-year low of 1.6 percent in October, the government said on Monday, with analysts warning the world’s number two economy is facing deflationary risks.

The consumer price index (CPI) figure released by the National Bureau of Statistics is the weakest since January 2010 and matched the median prediction of 1.6 percent in a Wall Street Journal poll.

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