"} 58:{"type":"p","text":"As investment weakens, China’s economy has become increasingly dependent on exports."} 59:{"type":"p","text":"Chinese customs data showed exports surged 27 percent in June from a year earlier, according to financial outlet Chinese Economic Information Network via news portal Sina. Industry data also showed automobile exports exceeded one million units in a single month for the first time, according to Chinese media Securities Times. "} 5a:{"type":"p","text":"Those gains stand in sharp contrast to domestic demand."} 5b:{"type":"p","text":"June auto sales inside China fell more than 23 percent year over year, while retail sales of consumer goods rose just 0.8 percent."} 5c:{"type":"p","text":"Sun Kuo-hsiang, a professor of international affairs and business at Nanhua University in Taiwan, said the divergence illustrates the uneven nature of China’s recovery."} 5d:{"type":"p","text":"“Factories are busy, but households remain cold,” Sun told The Epoch Times."} 5e:{"type":"p","text":"He said export growth is concentrated in capital-intensive industries such as semiconductors and electric vehicles, where increased production generates relatively few new jobs because of automation."} 5f:{"type":"p","text":"As a result, much of the economic benefit remains within state-owned enterprises and industries supported by government subsidies, rather than translating into higher household incomes or stronger consumer spending, he said."} 60:{"type":"p","text":"Davy Jun Huang, a U.S.-based economist and former columnist for Chinese state media outlet CNTV, told The Epoch Times that China’s export performance is driven largely by government subsidies and foreign-invested manufacturers such as Tesla and Foxconn."} 61:{"type":"p","text":"“The profits from those companies don’t belong to ordinary Chinese people,” Huang said."} 62:{"type":"p","text":"He said many workers earn only 9 to 12 yuan (about $1.33 to $1.77) per hour while facing unemployment risks, underfunded social security s

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