How to Estimate the Growth in China's Light Output

Autocratic governments tend to overstate their actual economic figures by an average of 35% when measured using light output. Autocracies, especially those with a communist focus, tend to put a heavy emphasis on heavy industry even when they are very poor. The same paper went on to argue that China's growth may have been overestimated by more than double in the years between 1993 and 2012.