China’s curious case of the vanishing economic data
Now you see it, now you don’t as Beijing makes it impossible to decipher fact from fiction
Dodgy Data
China’s economy disappears in a maze of numbers
Turbulent geopolitical times and an ongoing trade war spark closer scrutiny of Beijing’s official data
China’s economic tricks conjure a grand illusion
Manipulated official data fails to hide the true state of the world’s second-largest economy
China’s economy is plagued by numbers game
Dodgy data appears to have infected the DNA of the nation and wrecked credibility in Beijing’s system
China’s number is up in fake figures controversy
Secrecy is an integral part of the ruling Communist Party – so is distorting data
China’s economy fails to shake off the curse of dodgy data
Questions mount on unemployment numbers and distorted growth statistics in the world of fantasy figures
China’s economic data might be the motherlode of fool’s gold
‘Cherry-picking approach’ casts a shadow over Beijing’s official numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics
Flashing lights cast a shadow over China’s data dump
Mixed signals as the economy appears to gather pace after being buffeted by the Covid-19 crisis