China's official manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs will be published over the weekend. At 0130 GMT on Sunday August 31, which is 2230 US Eastern time on Saturday, August 30, 2025 Manufacturing PMI for August is expected to have remained in contractionary territory for the fifth consecutive month:expected 49.4, prior 49.3Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing this year, along with recent extreme summer weather and Beijing's recent efforts to curb excess capacity have dampened factory activity.Non-Manufacturing PMIexpected 50.3, prior 50.1Composite PMIprior 50.2 This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.