<p style="text-align:start;" size="1" _root="[object Object]" __ownerid="undefined" __hash="undefined" __altered="false">China’s consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.8% year-over-year in December, the highest rate since February 2023, driven by rising food prices. </p><p style="text-align:start;" size="1" _root="[object Object]" __ownerid="undefined" __hash="undefined" __altered="false"></p>