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Slower growth acceptable to tackle debt, smog, says China

Bloomberg China can achieve a goal of doubling the size of its economy by 2020 even if annual expansion slows to 6.3 percent, according to a senior Communist Party official, signalling a greater willingness to tackle debt and pollution at the expense of growth. In its blueprint for 2016 to 2020, China set a minimum annual growth target of 6.5 ...

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PSA replaces Asia chief after China sales slump

Bloomberg PSA Group is replacing its head of Asian operations as the maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars struggles to stem a sales slump in China. Denis Martin, 61, who’s been managing the China and southeast Asia region since 2016, is leaving to pursue “personal projects,” and will be succeeded in the role by Carlos Gomes, who currently leads Latin ...

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‘Shanghai to replace Paris as growth centre’

Bloomberg Shanghai will replace Paris in the top five of global city economies by 2035 in a sign the balance of the world’s economy is shifting east, according to an Oxford Economics study. The top 780 cities in the world, which already produce almost 60 percent of global activity, will add almost half a billion more people and $32 trillion ...

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