BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China town given survey answers

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China town given survey answers: "Officials in eastern China distributed an answer sheet to a survey on public well-being so that residents could give the 'correct' responses, reports say.

The inhabitants of the town of Shiqiao, near Nanjing, were given the answers to the telephone survey about 20 days in advance, the Nanjing Morning Post said.

They were told that those who complied would receive a $290 (£200) prize.

A Communist Party official said the answer sheet had been 'for educational purposes', but denied offering money.

The results of the well-being survey, carried out by the provincial Statistics Bureau, showed public satisfaction to be over 96%."