Regarding China's April economic data reflecting that the recovery may be slowing down, especially in terms of manufacturing, Krishna Srinivasan, director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, pointed out that there is no need to over-interpret weekly or monthly economic data.
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But this fell short of activists hopes for a stronger message to Beijing.High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Trk, in an address highly anticipated by rights advocates, didnt detail how his office plans to follow up on a critical report on Chinas western Xinjiang region published in August by his predecessor, Michelle Bachelet.