BEIJING: China’s fixed asset investment, an important gauge of infrastructure spending, rose 9.6 percent in the first five months of the year, government statistics showed Monday, as investment growth slowed in the world’s second-largest economy.

The moderation comes after a record credit binge in the first quarter of the year, a splurge aimed at stimulating the  slowing economy.

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