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Re:Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits l... by monocasa on Friday July 02, 2021 @09:36AM (#27711335)
China didn't really attempt to start the process of increasing until the late 70s to early 80s. Their cultural revolution was focused on rooting out hidden vestiges of the old power structures before attempting to modernize. Since that point their growth rate has been quicker, they just got started later.
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Re:Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits l... by logicchains on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:20AM (#27711847)
> Since that point their growth rate has been quicker, they just got started later.

That's not true. You can see the historical growth rates for China and Korea here: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?end=2... . China's growth rate at no point in time was greater than Korea's was in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Re:Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits l... by monocasa on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:27AM (#27711941)
What? The highest points on that graph are Chinese. And there are similar Chinese bursts to the Korean one you're talking about, followed by China sustaining higher growth.

Are we looking at the same graph?

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Re:Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits l... by logicchains on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:11PM (#27713372)
The highest single point is China, followed by a very low point the following year. If you average the growth rate over 3-5 year period their maximum rates are similar.
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Re:Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits l... by monocasa on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:25PM (#27713592)
Well, the highest four points on the graph are Chinese. Yes you can cherry pick a three year period that makes Korea look good, but you can do the same with China.
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