Gordon Chang: The Chinese Regime ‘Does Not Want Us to Know What’s Going On’

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CHANG: "Yes, it certainly is. And it has been going on now for a couple of years because the Chinese technocrats understand that we use underlying data to draw questions about their headline gross domestic product numbers. So, for instance, we’re seeing a lot of evidence that suggests that their 5.4% report of growth in Q1 can't be true. And now, as President Trump said, the Chinese economy is contracting. We saw that from a price data for March and February. We also saw it in the PMI, the purchasing managers’ index for April, which clearly showed factory activity on the downswing. So, yes, the Chinese regime does not want us to know what’s going on and they are going to continue to restrict information to us."