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FILE - Workers produce car mats in a factory of car interior pieces in Yantai in east China's Shandong province on Feb. 21, 2024. China's manufacturing and investment improved in the first two months of the year, while weakness in the property sector weighed on the economy, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday, March 18. (Chinatopix via AP, File) (KEYSTONE/AP CHINATOPIX/)