Customers at a Beijing supermarket on July 9, 2025. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty ImagesA new analysis estimating China’s real expansion at merely half the claimed rate exposes a statistical void that has blinded the leadership to its fragility, accelerating global isolation and confirming the regime’s inability to rival Washington, experts say.China’s real economic output in 2025 likely expanded by just 2.5 percent to 3.0 percent, according to a Dec. 22 report by the global consultancy firm Rhodium Group.
Beijings Falsified Economic Data Cripple Its Ability to Compete With US: Analysts
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