China manufacturing rebound brings trade frictions with West

Facing soft domestic demand, Chinese companies sell EVs, solar panels overseas

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China's real gross domestic product was up 5.3% year-on-year in January to March thanks in part to production increases. © Reuters

KENTARO SHIOZAKI, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- A recovery in China's manufacturing activity has buoyed the economy while also creating frictions with the West, as companies flood overseas markets with cheap goods amid anemic domestic demand.

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