Employees work on an assembly line producing automobiles at a factory in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, March 1, 2016. Activity in China's manufacturing sector shrank more sharply than expected in February, surveys showed on Tuesday, prompting smaller companies to shed workers at the fastest pace in seven years and suggesting Beijing will have to ramp up stimulus to avoid a deeper economic slowdown. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
