China’s economy has seen better days. Premier Li Keqiang has gone on a whistle-stop tour to cajole Communist Party cadres, as well as holding discussions and panel meetings with academics and economists. Squeezed by the trade war with the United States, the world’s second-largest economy has continued to slow as the conflict drags on into a second year. “[We] face mounting downward pressure as the outside environment becomes even more challenging,” he said this week in reference to the China-US conflict, before adding: “We need greater support for the real economy, especially for small- and medium-sized enterprises ... (full story)