China wildly misreporting its numbers is more than dumb national face-saving “stability” seeking bullshit. It means everybody else is badly miscalibrated on everything.
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Yep. China does not play 4d chess. It’s a bunch of mediocre bureaucrats playing CYA games same as everywhere else.
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Hmm, I might disagree, not just for China, but I do suspect there are various groups that play 4d chess (with only probabilistic success, it's like placing bets).
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