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China factory output accelerates, retail sales rebound in steady start to 2026

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  • Reliability

    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -22% Somewhat Left

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Passenger vehicle sales in China fell 26 per cent year-on-year in January-February, weighed down by the expiry of tax incentives and scaled-back government subsidies for electric vehicles.
37% : The outlook is further complicated by geopolitical tensions, including the fallout from the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which has driven up energy prices and unsettled global trade.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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