- 05 Jan 2022 04:03
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Jesus, thick as a brick. I was talking about the business cycle. There's no volatility in the growth rate in those years. That doesn't mean it's fake. It was a joke.
Xi is a boon to Western hegemony. China will pay dearly for his personal ambition at some point in the future, I'm pretty certain of that.
Some exaggerated headlines you posted cause a "severe credibility" problem? Wtf?
Feel free to provide a source. If they don't have it: https://wid.world/, I don't think anybody else has.
Fasces wrote:If being consistently flat at 5-8% GDP growth annually is a problem, I'd hate to be a citizen of the US, Germany, Japan or others - which are also flat, at a rate much closer to zero.
If China's in danger to collapse because of a mere 5% GDP growth this year, France must in the midst of a Civil War.
Jesus, thick as a brick. I was talking about the business cycle. There's no volatility in the growth rate in those years. That doesn't mean it's fake. It was a joke.
Fasces wrote:Anybody that dares challenge western hegemony is "worse", regardless of the facts. Deng said that China needed to bide its time and build up. It did. It has. It's awake now.
The man in the chair doesn't matter - if it were Bo Xilai we'd be lamenting that Xi was never elected. Their biggest crime is always the audacity to challenge Western hegemony.
Xi is a boon to Western hegemony. China will pay dearly for his personal ambition at some point in the future, I'm pretty certain of that.
Fasces wrote:Seems to me that Western media has a severe credibility problem then. Why should I trust anything they say?
And open one of the articles - they're not exaggerating the actual contents.
Some exaggerated headlines you posted cause a "severe credibility" problem? Wtf?
Fasces wrote:Chinese authorities release data every year. The 2020 data is available online. So do international organizations.
Feel free to provide a source. If they don't have it: https://wid.world/, I don't think anybody else has.
Fasces wrote:The fact is that when data contradicts the hysteria, you lot choose to commit to the hysteria. You're no different in that regard to the Q fanatics, antivaxxers, or climate skeptics.