China’s exports grow for first time in six months in relief for factories

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Open this photo in gallery: A container terminal at Lianyungang Port, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, on Dec. 6.STR/Getty Images China’s exports grew for the first time in six months in November, suggesting factories in the world’s second-largest economy are attracting buyers through discount pricing to get over a prolonged slump in demand. Mixed manufacturing data for November has kept alive calls for further policy support to shore up growth but also raised questions about whether predominantly negative sentiment-based surveys have masked improvements in conditions. Exports grew 0.5 per cent from a year earlier in November, customs data showed on...