TOPSHOT - Workers weld parts at a factory which produces cabs for excavators in Qingzhou, in China's eastern Shandong province on October 31, 2024. China's manufacturing output expanded this month for the first time since April, official data showed on October 31, rare good news for leaders struggling to boost activity in the world's second-largest economy. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)