From The Standard:
Beijing’s efforts to change the mindset of regional officials who worship gross domestic product growth have largely failed, as evidenced by the 2004 figures reported by the provinces, which are once again wildly out of line.
The February suicide of the chief of an Anhui province statistics office because of apparent pressure to inflate GDP figures is an extreme case, but it is not an isolated one as local officials continue to press for higher growth figures.
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