FT: Op-ed by Michael Wessel on the U.S.-China trade relationship.

NYT: Coverage of Saturday’s GOP debate.

WaPo: A common theme in this cycle’s campaign ads: Images of manufacturing jobs.

EV: New census data sheds light on the disappearing middle class.

NYT: Another sign of China’s expanding influence: The Pac-12 is trying to play some games in China.

WSJ: Beijing’s air quality is a “crisis”.

NPR: Germany’s continued success is dependent on a strong market across the rest of Europe.

Ezra Klein: Despite falling numbers, the real unemployment rate remains unacceptably high.

NYT: China’s spies are catching up to the United States.

WSJ: China’s telecommunications company Huawei is scaling back business with Iran.

The Hill: President Obama says that voters have “reason to be impatient” with the economy.

WSJ: Apparently we’ve learned nothing from the past three years: the financial sector’s share of GDP continues to grow.