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China’s ‘Vanishing’ Data Can’t Hide Its Economic Slowdown

China’s ‘Vanishing’ Data Can’t Hide Its Economic Slowdown
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Ethan Yang
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Ryan Yonk
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Information on China’s economic health is increasingly hard to find. Although Beijing is always opaque about anything that could potentially indicate instability or weakness, this behavior is reaching a point where its attempts at obscurity are giving an unambiguous message: the Chinese economy is struggling.

Ethan Yang is an adjunct research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) as well as the host of the AIER Authors Corner Podcast. He holds a BA in political science with a concentration in international relations with minors in legal studies and formal organizations from Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut. He is currently pursuing a J.D. from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. Ethan also serves as the director of the Mark Twain Center for the Study of Human Freedom at Trinity College and is also involved with Students for Liberty. He has also held research positions at the Cato Institute, the Connecticut State Senate, Cause of Action Institute, and other organizations. Ethan is currently based in Washington, D.C and is a recipient of the 13th Annual International Vernon Smith Prize from the European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation.