China’s GDP data delay fuels concern for economy

Away from the main stage of China’s 20th party congress, a press conference on Monday addressed the sensitive question of economic growth.

“The economy rebounded significantly in the third quarter,” said Zhao Chenxin, a senior official at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), just a day before new GDP data were due to be published. The country’s performance, he added, was “outstanding”.

But hours later, the…