Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Mar 27, 2017

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(1) Dexter Roberts with Xiaoqing Pi, China's Numbers Man.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a ... vering-tough-truths

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Gan Li's statistics on the economy just won't toe the party line
(b) summary in table of contents: Gan Li's economic statistics paint a picture Beijing doesn't like to see

The noun statistics may be followed by a verb in singular or plural form. See statistics (n; plural in form but singular or plural in construction)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statistics
(c) "Economist GAN Li 甘犁 [1966- ; PhD 1998 UC Berkley in economics; joint appointment: Clifford A Taylor, Jr Professor in Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX] and his researchers at Chengdu's Southwestern University of Finance and Economics [(SWUFE) 西南财经大学] are gearing up for their national survey of Chinese households, which begins in early July."

(2) Kyunghee Park and Dong Lyu, Everything Is Fine at Cathay Pacific.
("the dramatic expansion of air traffic directly in and out of business centers across China -- by passing Hong Kong -- has chipped away at Cathay Pacific's once lucrative role as the main conduit for travel to the mainland. Worse, China's decision to build its three state-controlled airlines into major global carriers presents Cathay with large, lower-costs rivals" with the end result Cathay can not fill seats. Cathay announced on Mar 15, 2017 that it posts first annual loss since 2008 for 2016)

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Fast-growing Chinese rivals have eroded its longtime dominance of travel to the mainland
(b) summary in table of contents: China makes Cathay Pacific Asia's biggest airline. Now Chinese rivals are eating its lunch.
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