Can China’s GDP data be trusted?
More or Less: Behind the Stats
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Estimating China's GDP From Outside China
In 2010 China's GDP reached the dizzying heights of 10.3%, but it's been downhill ever since. John Sutter: As Chinese economic growth has slowed over the last 10 or so years, people say there are alternative indicators that suggest government figures may be exaggerated. He says data sets used by economists and number-crunchers alike, outside China, estimate what's going on inside China. But they have to estimate using alternatives because officials have introduced something of a data blackout.
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