China Is Eating the World

Re:China Is Eating the World by kamikazeturtles on Thursday August 28, 2025 @03:43PM (#45056229)

> That's surely an interesting take when their demographics are absolutely imploding, and their economy is rife with state sponsored excess funded by debt.

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

I don't believe any of the stats coming out of China. I think it is best to approach data coming out of adversarial countries with lots of paranoia.

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Re:China Is Eating the World by kilroy123 on Thursday August 28, 2025 @04:03PM (#45056436)

What? Demographics are collapsing all across the globe. If anything, they have consistently under-reported how bad it is.

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Re:China Is Eating the World by thombee on Thursday August 28, 2025 @10:38PM (#45059457)

So should China trust US stats and data? Since the US is apparently an adversarial country?

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Re:China Is Eating the World by jonnybgood on Thursday August 28, 2025 @11:05PM (#45059671)

There are only disadvantages for the US to skew stats and data since much of the global economy depends on it. Whereas it’s advantageous for China to skew stats and data for the time being as it rises to be a peer adversary militarily and economically.

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Re:China Is Eating the World by ohdeargodno on Friday August 29, 2025 @05:04AM (#45061833)

>So should China trust US stats and data?

As of a few months ago, the US has demonstrably proven that they are willing to lie about stats and data because the president throws a hissy fit at reality, so, no, they absolutely shouldn't.

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