A worker loads a steel cable at a construction site in Beijing, Monday, June 17, 2024. China's central bank kept a key lending rate unchanged on Monday, choosing not to loosen credit as data for May showed signs of persisting weakness in manufacturing and the real estate sector. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A man walks by a construction site in the Central Business District in Beijing on June 5, 2024. China's central bank kept a key lending rate unchanged on Monday, June 17, choosing not to loosen credit as data for May showed signs of persisting weakness in manufacturing and the real estate sector. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Chinese men rest near a screen depicting a phoenix at a mall in Beijing, on June 11, 2024. China kept a key lending rate unchanged on Monday, June 17, as data showed signs of persisting weakness in manufacturing and the real estate sector. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)