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China suspends youth jobless data after record high readings (www.reuters.com)

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[-] YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Turns out having dictators run your country is bad for the economy

[-] ElHexo@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

On a year-on-year basis, GDP expanded 6.3% in the second quarter, accelerating from 4.5% in the first three months of the year, but the rate was below the forecast for growth of 7.3%.

You're suggesting that China is very democratic then?

[-] MultigrainCerealista@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is though. You can look at so many measures from perception of democracy among the citizens, the degree to which power is devolved to the local level most answerable to the community, and the turnover of elected officials being far higher than western democracies which usually feature politicians with what amounts to lifelong tenure.

People actually think China is still run the way it was back in the 1960s because their world view is formed from memes. It’s a democracy and a more vibrant one than what we usually see in the west.

But someone will reply to this with a meme about social credit without realizing they don’t earn Reddit gold here.