China’s stronger-than-expected Q2 GDP data should reduce fears about a hard landing in the near future. But the structural trends were less encouraging: consumer spending continues to fall as a share of GDP and, with the trade surplus rebounding, growth in China is being achieved partly at the expense of growth in the rest of the world.
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