Category: autocracies

Using Night-Time Light Data Researcher Finds Chinese GDP Is Exaggerated by About 35%

November 2, 2022
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been known to alter its economic data. A study published in October used night-time light to determine that China, as well as other autocracies, overstate their gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates. The U.S. study gathered night-time light (NTL) data from satellites and used that to measure the exaggeration…

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Using Night-Time Light Data Researcher Finds Chinese GDP Is Exaggerated by About 35 Percent

November 2, 2022
autocraciesChinaChina Business & EconomyChinese RegimeFinance & Business TiesGDPNight-time lights (NTL)Special Topics
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been known to alter its economic data. A study published in October used night-time light to determine that China, as well as other autocracies, overstate their gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates. The U.S. study gathered night-time light (NTL) data from satellites and used that to measure the exaggeration…

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The CCP Turned China Into the World’s Enemy, Not Competitor

June 21, 2021
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Commentary A competitor is someone with whom you play a game of tennis. Or, someone who makes a widget just like yours that you both try to sell to the same client who wants to buy just one. After a competition, you relax over beers and laugh about the game. President Biden infamously called China…

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