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Posted inChina, World

Exposing the true colors of China’s growth snap back

by Steve Wang April 24, 2017February 18, 2020

There is a truly amazing story about China’s GDP that blew my mind away. The world’s most populous economy didn’t just expand by the reported 6.9% growth during the first quarter of 2017, it actually ballooned nearly 12% from a year ago! Yet at the same time, the agrarian sector in the Communist nation is […]

Posted inChina

Behind China’s PMI smokescreen lies a bag of new year surprises

by Steve Wang February 2, 2017February 18, 2020

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