Growth figures for China raises eyebrows in the middle of a slump.

The article focuses on the growth data for China in 2015 causing a surprise even for its Prime Minister Li Keqiang as the country is in the middle of a slump. Topics covered includes the lack of confidence by the prime minister in gross domestic product (GDP) data as a measure of growth, the belief by economists that local governments have manipulated figures to suit political objectives, and debates on China's announcement that it grew by 6.9 percent in 2015.