CHINA-ECONOMY

A worker cleans the promenade on the Bund along the Huangpu River against the skyline of the Lujiazui Financial District in Pudong in Shanghai on July 24, 2014. Chinese growth accelerated to a forecast-beating 7.5 percent in the second quarter, official data showed this month, as government stimulus provided a much-needed boost to the world’s second-largest economy. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE