Bloomberg News10. Dezember 2017,

Fiscal revenues inflated, building sales faked to boost income

Xi had ordered data fraud ‘throttled’ after string of scandals

China found some local governments inflated revenue levels and raised debt illegally in a nationwide audit, a setback for Beijing in its bid to boost the credibility of economic data after a run of scandals.

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