Economics

China's Fiscal Squeeze Challenges Xi Goal as Slowdown Grinds On

  • Land sales plummeted 32.2 percent in the first 10 months
  • Falling exports, producers prices show pressure on growth

Xi Jinping.

Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg
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