A vendor (L) sells vegetables to a customer at a market in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2018. Nicolas ASFOURI / AFP/Getty Images
China’s consumer price index (CPI), which is a gauge of inflation, rose 2.5 percent year-on-year in September to the highest level in seven months.
The statistics, released on Oct. 16 by the National Bureau of Statistics, show a rise of 0.7 percent from August.
