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.
