"As China’s economy slows, all sorts of moves to hide bad news are growing obvious. The statistics bureau stopped publishing a consumer-confidence index after April numbers fell to levels last seen during the depths of the pandemic" https://www.economist.com/china/2023/08/17/chinas-slowing-economy-seen-from-ground-level

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