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1 posted on 05/18/2026 8:38:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
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>In response to the dismal data, Nomura economists wrote that authorities “might need to step up policy support for stabilizing growth,” adding that “Beijing has no room for complacency.”

Japanese telling Chinese to watch out, lol.


2 posted on 05/18/2026 8:41:24 AM PDT by struggle
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1. Trump tariffs.

2. Trump build in the USA incentives and people getting behind the plan.

3. Cut China off from oil…. Iran!

sounds like Chess moves 🧐🧐

3 posted on 05/18/2026 8:43:59 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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Does the PLA military dictatorship really care about the plight of its consumers as long as its proxy Iran can inflict greater economic damage on the US and the West?


4 posted on 05/18/2026 8:44:18 AM PDT by buckalfa (More chaos and disruption please)
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Demographic reality dictates the economy. China is paying the harsh price of its draconian population control policies.


5 posted on 05/18/2026 8:51:39 AM PDT by allendale
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This is the time to impose tight economic sanctions and penalties on China.


6 posted on 05/18/2026 9:05:09 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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And this is what they are reporting. The Chinese are notorious for lying about their economic data so the real data must be twice as bad. China really is a paper tiger in a lot of ways.


8 posted on 05/18/2026 9:41:27 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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The ccp are the preeminent liars of the world are releasing bad, really bad economic data.....

Poo bear must be beside himself with angst....

Tofu mainland china is drowning in it’s own lies and filth, real estate, banking, manufacturing are bottoming out, the entire country’s is a cancer ridden polka dot map of ground zero locations.

This just in ‘you can’t eat communism nor is it spendable’..


9 posted on 05/18/2026 11:32:44 AM PDT by BFW
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Google: China’s ghost cities
Then click on images.

The commies are building mostly empty cities and of poor quality to boot.

Google: chinese buildings falling apart
Then click on videos


11 posted on 05/18/2026 12:32:58 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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