That's also painfully evident. But even a tell'em-what-they-want-to-hear establishment is ultimately limited by their raw data-gathering capabilities. Your ob

That's also painfully evident. But even a tell'em-what-they-want-to-hear establishment is ultimately limited by their raw data-gathering capabilities. Your observation raises the question I'd also had about what China's own capabilities are. (And how reliable China's interpretation/analysis organisation's communications are.)