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More signs that Asia's recovery is taking its time

The slight fall in China’s official PMI in May is actually fairly encouraging since the index usually falls by much more at this time of year. But Asia’s recovery is only gaining ground slowly, as underlined by May’s disappointing trade figures from Korea.

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