tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343894211954575846.post3043775166769329005..comments2024-03-28T06:50:20.820-04:00Comments on Dim Sums: Rural China Economics and Policy: Statistics and Politics Intertwined in ChinaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343894211954575846.post-66838878035253571722021-04-12T10:18:09.138-04:002021-04-12T10:18:09.138-04:00To Godfree's comments...
If China's stats...To Godfree's comments...<br /><br />If China's stats were not false, then how did they do a 10 year revision of their grain production 3 years ago and discover an entire 1 year's production. <br /><br />China's stats are regularly subject to massive revisions when the musical chair's tune stops and there is no more acceptable excuse for the disparity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343894211954575846.post-37175368285846148252021-04-09T23:16:58.116-04:002021-04-09T23:16:58.116-04:00"The production of meaningful data depends as..."The production of meaningful data depends as much on separating statisticians from political influence and exposing their data to independent scrutiny as it does on sophisticated algorithms and powerful computers. You can count on that”.<br /><br />China's stats have been exposed to independent scrutiny for 70 years and, guess what? They're solid.<br /><br />Serious folk can find extensive independent scrutiny here:<br /><br />The quality of China's GDP statistics☆ by Carsten A. HOLZ ⁎<br />Stanford Center for International Development, Stanford University. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1043951X14000753?via%3Dihub <br /><br />Quality of China's Official Statistics: A Brief Review of Academic Perspectives<br />Dmitriy Plekhanov<br />DOI: https://doi.org/10.22439/cjas.v35i1.5400Godfree Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06178509602799506224noreply@blogger.com