A labourer works atop the Shanghai Tower, at the financial district of Pudong, in Shanghai on August 3. The 632-metre-tall Shanghai Tower is currently the second tallest skyscrapers in the world, local media reported.

Growth in China's services sector slipped to a six-month low in July as new orders rose at their weakest rate in at least a year, data showed, taking some of the shine off an industry that has been a bright spot in the Chinese economy this year. Reuters/Stringer