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Till debts tear us apart

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Local government debt problems are thwarting Beijing's efforts to dismantle local protectionism.
That’s according to an op-ed by researchers at Nankai University’s Competition Law Research Center, published Monday (Yicai).
Some context: For decades, local governments have used protectionist barriers...