pressure on eating. up. many problems china faces our home grown industrial output and fixed asset investment for. china's army of consumers provided some relief retail sales edged up nearly 8 percent. the us china trade war is casting a long shadow slowing china growth could even cause global recession. see if song is director of the so it's china institute europe's biggest community of china scholars steve what are these numbers tell you they were lower than what the forecast is thought but still in live with what the government expected do this very much confirming what we already know about the chinese economy which is that it is slowing down it also confirms the way how chinese statistics are always being want when it gets really difficult chinese statistics quiets to be