An apprentice practices hairstyling on a doll in the street outside a hair salon in Beijing in this file photo. Growth in China’s services industry picked up in August after dipping the previous month, an official survey showed Friday, offering some cushion for the slowing economy. The official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 54.2 from an 11-month low of 54.0 in July, well above the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction.SD-Agencies