China's factory output resists tariff impact, retail sales disappoint

By Tina Qiao, Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factory output slowed in April but showed surprising resilience, a sign that government support measures may have cushioned the impact of a trade war with the U.S. that threatens to derail momentum in the world's second-largest economy. Industrial output grew 6.1% from a year earlier, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data