China’s high-quality growth challenge When China finally lifted Covid restrictions last year, policymakers and companies hoped that it would help lift the global economy out of its post-pandemic doldrums. But data released on Monday shows that the hoped-for recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy still hasn’t materialized, raising wider questions about global growth, the implications for international business and China’s dealings with the outside world. Gross domestic product grew just 0.8 percent in the second quarter compared to the first three months of the year, according to official statistics, as…