China's factory activity seen shrinking for first time since 2016 - Reuters poll

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's manufacturing sector is expected to have contracted for the first time in more than two years in December, reinforcing a deteriorating economic outlook and the need for more policy support to weather rising external and domestic pressures.China's official manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) for December is forecast to slip to 49.9, according to the median forecast of 27 economists in a Reuters poll, below the critical 50 level that separates growth from..