Hong Kong English daily with Beijing access; notes both export and import growth beat forecasts and attributes the result to higher chip prices and a jump in tech shipments, with the trade surplus narrowing from June; provides the most technically precise read of the data with SCMP's characteristic calibration of Chinese official statistics
By lens · 1 takes across the edition
South China Morning Post · Hong Kong · China's July exports beat forecasts with 23% jump driven by AI-linked tech shipments, surplus hits US$112.5bn
“”