More weak July economic data; State Council Plenary session; Jiang Zemin Commemoration; AI tokens; Xi's DC visit; “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East”

In this issue:

1. More weak July economic data

2. Premier Li chairs State Council Plenary session

3. Jiang Zemin Commemoration

4. Xi’s September visit

5. AI tokens and the intelligent economy

6. “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East”

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Today’s top items:

1. More weak July economic data - The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday released more data that show the domestic-demand slowdown broadening.

There were some positive areas. Service retail sales rose 5.0% Jan-July, outpacing goods retail by 3.9 points, and online retail rose 4.8%. High-tech investment areas grew fast, as electronic-circuit manufacturing investment rose 57.7% and integrated-circuit manufacturing 11.5%. New growth drivers in high-tech and digital manufacturing contributed roughly half of industrial value-added growth Jan-Ju…