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China’s debt-ridden local governments have resorted to unconventional revenue sources as tax and land sale revenues dwindle amid the economic slump.
China’s Cash-Strapped Local Governments Use Law Enforcement to Raise Revenue Amid Debt Crisis
Private properties are targeted as a revenue source for debt-ridden local governments.
A man works at a construction site of a residential skyscraper in Shanghai, China, on Nov. 29, 2016. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
