China’s stronger-than-expected growth in the first quarter revealed a growing dependence on foreign demand, a key vulnerability that raises the threat of a sharper economic hit as trade tensions soar.

Eric Gibson is editor of the Leisure & Arts page of The Wall Street Journal. He joined the Journal in 1998 as an assistant editor and art critic for the Leisure & Arts page, and was previously ...

In 2018, he released the online course Edfluence to teach people how to be an influencer and make a career online. To begin ...