中港贸易数据巨大偏差 + 徐滇庆 4.3%

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(1) Mark Magnier and Chester Yung, 贸易数据巨大偏差折射中国资本外流窘境. 华尔街日报中文网, Jan 27, 2016
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20160127/rec145821.asp

, which is translated from

Mark Magnier and Chester Yung, New Math: China-Hong Kong Trade Stats More Than Meets the Eye. China Real Time, Jan 26, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealti ... than-meets-the-eye/
(for December 2015 trade figures that were reported in January 2016: "China reported that imports from Hong Kong increased 64.5% year on year. For the same month, Hong Kong reported that exports to China increased 0.9%. Why the huge gap involving two sides of a trade that should roughly match? Chalk it up to suspected capital outflows across the restricted border, say economists")


(2) Pei Li, China GDP Growth Could Be as Low as 4.3%, Chinese Professor Says. China Real Time, Jan 27, 2016.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealti ... ese-professor-says/

Quote:

"Xu Dianqing, an economics professor at Beijing Normal University 北京师范大学 经济学教授徐滇庆 and the University of Western Ontario, joined the debate with an estimate that China’s gross domestic product growth rate might just be between 4.3% and 5.2%.  China’s official growth rate in 2015 was 6.9%

"Mr Xu told reporters at a briefing this week

My comment:
(a) This is an original report in English. There is no Chinese-language report on this topic (except one in Epoch Times a day ago that is based on this China Real Time Report). Quotation 2 does not specify the date or place , which is highly unusual in American media.
(b) I also wonder why China does not arrest him as a rumormonger.