China Jan-Feb industrial output rises 7%, beats expectations

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The question is whether we can trust these numbers at all since the CCP raids businesses who analyze these numbers.

We can only trust their low birth rate stats, anything positive is to be rejected, right?

Honestly, the official stats are likely lower, so no, we can’t even trust that.

dixit chaostheory, the all knower, or perhaps that's me!

source: CIA

You act as if this was something new.

https://amp.scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/324...

It’s always been like this, which is how disasters like the “Great Leap Forward” happened, and now the “Missing Generation” (since many of them never existed beyond fabricated paperwork).

The NBS has some brave people with integrity, but we both that is not the norm if we’re being honest with ourselves. They’re also fighting a losing battle with hostile factions from above and below.

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