China economic indicators worsen under trade war pressure

Retail sales and industrial output miss forecasts as outlook dims

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An employee works on a production line for aluminum rolls in Zouping, in China's Shandong province. © Reuters

GRACE LI and WATARU SUZUKI

TOKYO/SHANGHAI -- A slew of Chinese economic data showed deterioration on Friday, suggesting that the trade war with the U.S. is weighing on the world's second-largest economy while the effects of government stimulus efforts are wearing off.

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