India, Jan. 9 -- China's inflation accelerated the most in nearly three years in December on higher food prices but the overall rate remained weak, official data revealed on Friday.

Consumer prices increased 0.8 percent year-on-year in December, slightly faster than the 0.7 percent rise in November, the National Bureau of Statistics reported.

This was in line with expectations and reached the strongest since February 2023.

Excluding food and energy prices, core inflation remained unchanged at 1.2 percent in December.

The increase in inflation was driven largely by food prices, which rose 1.1 percent from the last year. At the same time, non-food inflation held steady at 0.8 percent.

On a monthly basis, the consumer price index reboun...