China's industrial output and retail sales growth slowed in July amid extreme weather and weak domestic demand, increasing pressure on policymakers for support.

Former Chinese premier and economic reformer Zhu Rongji, who served as premier from 1998 to 2003 and helped engineer China's economic rise, has died at 97.

China's economic expansion slowed to its lowest point since the final quarter of 2022, prompting financial institutions to downgrade full-year forecasts. Policymakers are now considering fiscal interventions to address the imbalance between strong export growth and weak demand.

New research argues that healthy soil is a severely undervalued asset, providing trillions in ecosystem, health, and economic services that current accounting misses.