The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Fake confidence for fake economic data, the Chinese way

Something about beatings and morale?

Surely this won’t end up with an emperor has no clothes moment for China. No authoritarian state has ever kicked the truth can down the road so far it ended up in disaster, right?

US does the same:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4375922-biden-rips-media-for-economy-coverage-start-reporting-it-the-right-way/