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South China Morning Post on 2024-04-10 07:27

‘Get used to tighter belts’: how China’s local governments and party bodies are embracing cost-cutting culture

New rules are emerging around use of government vehicles, resource use, unauthorised office printing and bottled water in a push to showcase austerity.

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