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Trillions in hidden debt drove China’s growth. Now it threatens its future.
“The achievements of the past year have not come easily," Mayor Wu Wei said in a city report at the time. He credited the grit of local party leaders but didn’t mention an ace in the hole. For years, Liuzhou and scores of other Chinese cities together …