MSM Covers China's Recovery From Recession They Never Reported

The news on Monday morning was dominated by stories of an economic recovery by Red China of a recession that the U.S. press had largely ignored.

Bloomberg reported, “[Red] China’s factory activity beat expectations in March, boosting optimism about the country’s ability to achieve its ambitious growth goal of around 5% this year.["] ...

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Trusting Red China numbers is like trusting its statements on covid but the encouraging news is that Red China has — or at least had — a recession. The admission by our Maoist press shows that the communists who run the joint no longer can paper reality over.

Ed Morrissey

I would take the new numbers with a grain of salt, too. China did a lot of damage to its production capabilities with their draconian COVID responses. If they beat expectations at all, which is questionable, they would be expectations based on negative-growth precursors over the last four years. 

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