China’s Economy Slows Sharply

Re:China’s Economy Slows Sharply by ardy42 on Saturday December 15, 2018 @01:55AM (#18687410)

> What happens is that, because of untruthful reporting in US media, people in US does not know or understand what's going on in China.

So, in your view:

1. what's the real story about what's going on in China that's being missed in "untruthful" articles like this, and

2. who's reporting that story "truthfully"?

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Re:China’s Economy Slows Sharply by yesforwhat on Sunday December 16, 2018 @12:24AM (#18691871)

I also would like to hear answers to these questions, but I suspect OP is another ethno-nationalist that perceives grievance against them for any and all actions.

The number one take away I have from interactions with all too many Chinese nationals, unfortunately.

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Re:China’s Economy Slows Sharply by ardy42 on Sunday December 16, 2018 @09:41PM (#18696565)

> but I suspect OP is another ethno-nationalist that perceives grievance against them for any and all actions.

It might be more subtle than that. I know some Chinese nationals who report that their culture is to defend the in-group against criticisms in front of an out-group even if they themselves think the criticisms are true. To not do so is a kind of betrayal. This applies to groups as small as a family up to the whole country.

For instance, that cultural attitude were at least part of the fuel for this controversy: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40013486

It does make it difficult to have open conversations about many topics until you're pretty close.

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