Many Chinese regions may be exaggerating economic growth

Fake GDP statistics confirmed in Liaoning, seem likely in many other provinces

0923N empty mall in Liaoning Province

A nearly empty shopping mall in Liaoning Province, which admitted to falsifying GDP data.

ISSAKU HARADA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- China's official economic growth statistics have long been so suspect that even current Premier Li Keqiang once called them unreliable. At least one province this year is on record as having padded data, and numbers released elsewhere strongly suggest that the problem is widespread.

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