China revelation from WikiLeaks too sensitive for banks

Last week, the WikiLeaks disclosure of US diplomatic cables included an admission by the current vice-premier of China, Li Keqiang, that Chinese GDP figures are “man-made”. Li made the comments three years ago to the American ambassador when he was head of the Communist Party of Liaoning province. Today as vice-premier he is tipped to succeed Wen Jiabao in 2012 as the nation’s premier. He told then-ambassador Clark Randt that he focuses on three data points to gauge growth: electricit…