BEIJING — Factory activity in China shrank for a second straight month in June, data showed Sunday, underscoring the country's shaky economic recovery ahead of a key political gathering expected to focus on deepening reform.

The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) — a key measure of factory output — registered at 49.5 in June, identical to May's figure, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

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