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> The "official" data reported by China can't be attempted to be believed. Most of it is highly manipulated. Attempts at independent verification are punished,
by throw4f324ty 1y ago
> The "official" data reported by China can't be attempted to be believed. Most of it is highly manipulated. Attempts at independent verification are punished, or blocked by making the raw data a state secret.
This has not been really true for at least a decade.
Well they might attempt to play with statistics, there are definitely foreign investigative reports that are able to verify most numbers, especially when it comes to exports.
And most of those foreign numbers are very close to what China reports.
- fnordpiglet 1y agoThe specific statistic in this discussion is life expectancy not export volumes. This seems like a statistic that is easily manipulated.
- grafmax 1y agoThe Chinese government’s rising life expectancy story is corroborated by estimates by independent organizations such as the WHO: https://data.who.int/countries/156 https://data.who.int/countries/156
- throwaway422432 1y agoThe WHO can be easily influenced, like shutting down Taiwanese reporting on their COVID response back in 2020. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-31/who-accused-of-suppressing-taiwan-coronavirus-response-data/12101512 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-31/who-accused-of-suppre...