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How Trustworthy are Chinese Statistics? China Inflates GDP Figures by $478 Billion in 2017

Economy February 9, 2018 Masumi Kawasaki 0 Comments

The National Bureau of Statistics of China, based on its own independent analysis of the 2017 GDP data—reported as of February 3, 2018, by each of the 31 provincial governments—discovered that the preliminary total Chinese GDP reported on January 18 had been inflated by more than 2,976.9 billion yuan (about 52 trillion JPY, or 478 billion […]

20 Years After Handover, Man Blogs to Preserve Hong Kong Soul—in Japanese

Special Reports July 3, 2017 Masumi Kawasaki 0 Comments

There’s a blog written from Hong Kong that’s written in Japanese, and netizens have started to notice. It showcases underground, best-selling products, such as tough, Hong Kong-made “Lee Kung Man” T-Shirts, long favored by Hong Kong wharf and factory workers. It has begun to gain a Japanese following by promoting the fact that the […]