Fan Weiqiu, 62, killed at least 35 people and injured more than dozens on 11 November after he ploughed his car onto an exercise track in Zhuhai, in what is thought to be the deadliest attack on Chinese soil for a decade.

Chinese officials and ordinary people are hopeful but on edge as Donald Trump returns to the White House, eager to avoid a repeat of the bruising trade war that drove a wedge between the economic superpowers during his first term.

China is facing a repeat of the tensions and uncertainty from the first presidency of Donald Trump, only with a weaker economy that’s even more reliant on exports than it was during the first trade war with the US.

President-elect Trump is interested in heading back to China after he takes office again amid tensions with Beijing, according to a report.

Beijing contends with a weakening yuan while awaiting policy clues from the incoming Donald Trump's administration.

China left benchmark lending rates unchanged for a third consecutive month, as expected, as a weakening yuan has limited Beijing's monetary policy easing efforts. At the monthly fixing on Monday, the one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was kept at 3.

China’s commercial lenders held benchmark lending rates unchanged for the third consecutive month after Beijing eased monetary policy in October to boost slowing domestic demand.