China

In July, the private RatingDog China Manufacturing PMI fell to 50.9, a four-month low still above the expansion threshold, while the official NBS measure dropped to 49.2, signaling outright contraction. The 1.7-point gap between the two surveys was the widest in the six-month window covered, with private new orders still expanding and NBS new orders contracting at 48.5%. The readings arrived as China's second-quarter GDP growth of 4.3% came in below the government's 4.5%-to-5.0% full-year target, with authorities responding by accelerating spending on existing infrastructure projects rather than announcing new stimulus.

The China Coast Guard has maintained publicly announced law-enforcement patrols in waters east of Taiwan through a documented rotation of at least two ship formations, Daishan and Xiushan, with the latest notice dated July 31 confirming ongoing activity. Taiwan's Coast Guard placed one vessel 151 nautical miles east of Lanyu and another 43 nautical miles northeast of Lanyu, while the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany have each issued statements opposing the patrols. No formal decree permanently establishing the patrols, precise CCG-defined boundaries, or legal adjudication of the competing maritime claims has been found in the available record.

WeRide and GreenMobility have announced a partnership to deploy Level 4 autonomous shared-mobility service in Denmark, marking WeRide's entry into its sixth European market, with a stated public launch aim of the first half of 2027. The deployment remains subject to Danish regulatory approvals, no operating municipality has been named, and no EU type-approval certificate for WeRide's GXR vehicle was located in the public record. GreenMobility also holds a separate, non-binding letter of intent with Tensor Auto for up to 2,000 vehicles in Denmark, a parallel arrangement the WeRide announcement does not address.