China concerned trade and debt risk may curb economic growth

The People's Bank of China cut its reserve-requirement ratio last week, saying the move was to smooth potential disruptions of liquidity levels and ensure lending to the economy continues

China’s leaders are giving their strongest signal since 2015 that growth in the world’s second-largest economy could slow -- and that they’re prepared to tweak policy if trade or financial risks threaten a sharp deceleration.

Hard work is needed to meet this year’s economic targets amid an increasingly complicated geopolitical situation, according to a statement released by state media Monday following a Politburo meeting led by President Xi Jinping. Though growth remained robust in the first quarter, forecasters still see the economy slowing this year as trade tensions with the US and the campaign to clean up the financial sector remain