Economic activity appears to have picked up in June, resulting in stronger-than-expected Q2 growth. This should assuage hard landing fears and leave policymakers feeling vindicated in their decision...

Inflation looks to have stabilised for now but pork prices are likely to drive it higherduring the second half of the year. Producer price inflation is also set to pick up incoming months on the back...

Targeted policy intervention has helped shore up activity recently but China’s economy will face continued headwinds from a slowing property sector and efforts to rein in credit in the years ahead...

Policymakers in China have good reason to be pleased about the state of the economy at the half-way point of 2014. Their decision to tweak policy rather than opt for broad stimulus appears to have...