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CBN can do better.

What ARE the consumption stats for, say, the last ten years as a % of GDP? How do they compare with Russia's, for example, or Germany's?

Handwaving and quoting authorities is not helpful.

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Your point is taken and appreciated- we could always do better. But we consider it helpful report that Chinese economists are concerned about domestic demand and advocate increases in consumption, contrary to the claims of stateside pundits at the Wall Street Journal and the Council on Foreign Relations.

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