China’s real GDP is less than half of what the Chinese government claims to be

China’s real GDP is less than half of what the Chinese government claims to be

China’s real GDP is less than half of what the Chinese government claims to be

National GDP is an economic activity measure that some governments like to manipulate. China’s decades of economic growth are based on a GDP-centric growth model because Beijing wants a comparable GDP to compete with the United States. China’s published GDP in 2022 is $17.9 trillion, getting closer to the U.S. GDP of $25.5 trillion. However, people believe that China’s GDP is overstated and manipulated. What is China’s real GDP in 2022? Lei has done her calculations based on 2 methods.

 - The Martinez method

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