The gloomy economic data yesterday fuelled fears that the recession in the world's second largest economy would be longer and deeper than expected.
In the rest of Asia, there was fresh evidence of weakening economic activity. Hong Kong saw a 2.5 per cent year-on-year contraction in its economy for the final quarter of last year. Thailand cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point.
Japanese exports fell 45.7 per cent in January, eclipsing a 35 per cent drop in December and big declines last month for Taiwan and South Korea.
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