On the verge of despair
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Land sales income and tax revenues have fallen, forcing China’s local governments to find other ways to make up the shortfall in fiscal revenue.
What’ve they come up with so far?
Selling off idle state assets and mining rights (Caixin).
Some context (MoF):
From January to July, general ...