Pence takes veiled swipe at Beijing’s regional ambitions ahead of Trump-Xi meeting at G20

Authorities reduce air quality goals to boost flagging economic growth

Jochem Heizmann blames trade war for flat market but predicts German carmaker will buck trend

Extreme weather, trade war and virulent pig disease risk disrupting markets

Beijing uses monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and weaker currency to support growth

Gains for region’s manufacturers are likely to be offset by slowing Chinese demand

US move turns up heat in campaign to decouple world’s two largest economies

Retail and property sales stutter while credit growth slides to all-time low

Communist party keen to control business news as growth slows and discontent simmers

As the G20 Argentina summit nears, hopes of a trade war truce are building

Involvement of elite students a reminder for some of Tiananmen Square demonstrations

President warns of new difficulties ‘obtaining’ foreign technology

Renminbi credit pile and slowdown in housing market renew fears over key sector

Trump adviser Navarro accuses billionaires of trying to force an end to tariff plans

Decision is first time China has granted such a licence to a foreign-based group

Transaction growth in world’s biggest market turns negative for first time since 1990s

Residents say gas well drilling has polluted underground reserves

Imports from US shrink, strengthening Beijing’s resolve to resist concessions