They said that it was government data. For anyone who knows anything about China, that's a tip-off. Credulous reporting would leave that tidbit out and treat the statistic as fact.

For anyone who knows anything about China, that's a tip-off. It appears to me that the writer does not know anything about China then, because they make a non-obvious positive claim and then back it with government statistics.

[T]he Chinese economy is more hospitable for both entrepreneurs and job seekers, with [government lie]. Unemployment in urban areas is [government lie].

Absent the statistics, the "more hospitable" claim is the reporter pulling something totally out of their hindquarters to make the story work.

Ambiguous reporting would also fail to specify which government's data.

Well it is probably correct. What they don't tell you here is that you technically need a permit to live in an urban city like Beijing. Indeed, you can't rise in any company without being a permanent resident of the city where it is based (or at least where your office is).