BEIJING: China on Tuesday reported slower-than-expected growth in industrial output and retail sales for October, as a fresh surge in coronavirus cases and a deepening property slump weigh on the world's second-largest economy.

China is the only major economy adhering to a zero-Covid strategy to stamp out virus clusters as they emerge, but swift and harsh lockdowns associated with that approach have battered growth.

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