Chinau0027s Aug exports growth unexpectedly picks up speed in boost to economy

BEIJING : China’s exports unexpectedly grew at a faster pace in August, as solid global demand offset some of the pressure on the world’s second-biggest economy from a resurgence of domestic COVID-19 cases and supply bottlenecks. China staged an impressive recovery from a coronavirus-battered slump, but economic momentum has weakened recently due to the Delta variant-driven COVID-19 outbreaks, high raw material prices, slowing exports, tighter measures to tame hot property prices and a campaign to reduce carbon emissions. Shipments from the world’s biggest exporter in August rose at a faster-than-expected rate of 25.6per cent from a year earlier, from a…