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China’s Economy Seen Emerging From Zero-Covid Shadow

Sharper-than-expected expansion of activity offers Chinese leaders opportunity to shift spotlight away from pandemic missteps

What’s seen as the world’s largest annual human migration went under way again in China during the Lunar New Year, after the country lifted pandemic restrictions. WSJ’s Yoko Kubota reports on how it is expected to boost the economy—and the risk of new Covid-19 outbreaks. Photo: Cfoto/Zuma Press

HONG KONG—Economic activity in China expanded sharply for a second straight month, in an early sign the country may be shaking off the impact of pandemic curbs sooner than expected. 

An official gauge of manufacturing rose at the fastest pace in more than a decade in February, while export orders expanded for the first time in almost two years, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. Services and construction activity also expanded further, the purchasing managers index report showed. 

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