Gordon Chang is talking book literally—he is hawking his book called, “The Coming Collapse of China.” In short, I think Chang is full of it.
I commented on the allegation of China’s over-reporting GDP in #msg-76028575; in that post, I conceded that some over-reporting could be occurring, but not on the colossal scale envisioned by people like Chang. From #msg-76028575, which was in reply to you: