Analysts divided over reliability of China data as growth flags
Consensus emerging among economists that real growth is lower than the 7% forecast by government
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AS once-stellar growth rates start to dip, watchers of China's mammoth economy worry that it could be worse than it looks because the official figures might not be telling the whole story.
But amid mistrust of government numbers, economists are divided over what other measurements they can use.
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