China’s numbers game fails to hide economic dangers
‘Like with everything, backwards-looking data’ is ‘being disregarded or taken with a big pinch of salt’
GDP Growth
Premier Li Qiang takes a stroll into fantasy land
‘Fabricated’ numbers appear to be the hallmark of his maiden government report in the Great Hall of the People
China’s priority must be to stabilize the economy
The steady weakening in growth does not demonstrate the inevitability of the country’s economic decline
China’s ‘ghost towns’ and when boom turns to bust
Turmoil in the property sector threatens to crash the world’s second-largest economy
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
Gray is the new black as Premier Li delivers his work report
Growth targets, Hong Kong and a jump in defense spending are outlined at the National People’s Congress