India, May 18 -- China's industrial production and retail sales logged weaker-than-expected growth in April, and investment shrunk signaling an economic slowdown in the second quarter as the ongoing Middle East conflict strain supply chains and push energy prices higher, official data revealed Monday.
Industrial production rose 4.1 percent year-on-year in April, the National Bureau of Statistics reported. Growth fell short of the expected rise of 6.0 percent and remained below March's increase of 5.7 percent.
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