Bangkok, July 16 -- China's economy slowed in the last quarter as President Donald Trump's trade war escalated, but it still expanded at a robust 5.2% pace, the government said Tuesday.That compares with 5.4% annual growth in January-March. The government said Tuesday that in quarterly terms, the world's second largest economy expanded by 1.1%.In the first half of the year, the Chinese economy grew at a 5.3% annual pace, the official data show. However, some analysts said actual growth may have been significantly slower. Zichun Huang of Capital Economics noted that investments in fixed assets such as factory equipment rose only 2.8% in the first half of the year, implying 2.9% annual growth in May and a mere 0.5% increase in June. Capital Economics' activity proxy shows growth in China's gross domestic product, or GDP, at less than 4% year-on-year in April and May, she said. "The economic outlook for the rest of the year remains challenging," Huang wrote in a report. She added though that "political pressure to meet annual growth targets, even if only on paper, means that published GDP growth will be much higher." AP...