Yes, even then. If I'm getting my information from English-publishing Shanghai think tanks then I'm just going to assume that I'm wrong.

I mean, I know how many contradictory economic opinions are generated by universities where I speak the language and have a reasonable grasp of the economic fundamentals and understand what the various interest groups want. It would be a special form of madness to assume I know anything but the most basic facts about China from a survey of internet articles.