The last paragraph estimates 4% instead of 7%. But they don't cite sources to back the claim up.
There are no sources when the only official source is unreliable. You are left guessing for your self, relying on a disparate set of numbers, "hunches", and wild extrapolation. The 4% I think is based on the "Li Keqiang Index" that estimates real GDP based on electricity usage and freight traffic.
4% growth is still pretty good tbh
Not for china, the government unlike most western country only stays in power because of the growing economy. I the west if the economy is broken it's the people fault. There it's the communist fault the economy broke.
Which makes unwinding very hard. So they keep pumping up the bubble and kicking the can down as long as possible...they have no other choice unless they can eventually blame an external entity (Trump might be a godsend for the CPC).
I have a feeling if your starving at home you're not going to care if the government is blaming someone half a world away.