The Chinese economy is sending mixed signals to China watchers who are keenly looking for the direction policy will take and the growth trend in the second half of the year.
Though China has signaled its intention to let the market play a decisive role in allocation of resources, it would need to make progress on energy pricing to achieve tangible results in the long term.
A large number of Chinese college graduates this year will create another "hard-to-find-job year" that has become a regular issue.
No need for any nationwide property price panic. But there is a need for studious segmentation, strategic thinking and more modest economic expectations.
Evidence is emerging that international finance will take over from trade as the principal projector of China's global influence.
Since the beginning of this year, the renminbi has been depreciating against the US dollar. That marked a departure from the earlier trend of the Chinese currency appreciating against the US greenback.