As the metal gangway lowers down, the crew gets to work securing the ship to the dockside – their bright orange jumpsuits dwarfed by the vast pink container ship behind them.

Industrial production last month expanded 5.8 per cent year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday, its slowest pace this year and down from 6.1 per cent growth in April. Retail sales grew 6.

China's industrial output rose 5.8% year-on-year in May, slowing from the 6.1% pace in April and missing forecasts, but retail sales growth unexpectedly picked up, official data showed on Monday. The industrial output data,