https://www.scmp.com/rss/326299/feed Tom Rafferty is regional manager, China, for The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China’s provinces have started to admit they have been exaggerating economic data. These confessions are welcome in that they get us closer to a truer understanding of the health of the Chinese economy. However, there are reasons to doubt how thoroughly the data cleaning will be implemented and whether the central authorities will – as they should – also concede to problems with the national-level figures. The admission of data falsification by Liaoning last year and in recent weeks by Inner... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130132/now-china-must-come-clean-about-its-national-economic-data?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2130132/now-china-must-come-clean-about-its-national-economic-data?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Jan 2018 05:07:24 +0000