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China was the only major economy to grow in 2020 – with its 2.3% increase BEATING predictions – as the rest of the world was ravaged by Covid-19
UK Daily Mail ^ | Januari 18 2021 | TIM STICKINGS FOR MAILONLINE and AFP

Posted on 01/18/2021 12:02:54 AM PST by knighthawk

China's economy grew by 2.3 per cent in 2020, official figures revealed today, making it the only major economy to grow at all during the year of the coronavirus.

The 2.3 per cent expansion was better than experts had predicted and came after China's economy bounced back from the pandemic by exporting medical equipment and seizing market share from struggling rivals.

While much of the world economy is still hampered by resurgent virus outbreaks and resulting strict lockdowns, Beijing claims to have largely brought the virus under control within its own borders following the initial outbreak in Wuhan a year ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; coronavirus; covid; economy
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1 posted on 01/18/2021 12:02:54 AM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

This means Braindead Joe can buy more pudding.


2 posted on 01/18/2021 12:08:36 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: knighthawk

Gross. Disgusting.


3 posted on 01/18/2021 12:09:31 AM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: knighthawk

Because the slaves are expendable and can be ordered to keep crunching out the widgets, unlike Western nations where they lock down. That being said, any numbers that come from China are as phony as a $3 bill.


4 posted on 01/18/2021 12:15:48 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: knighthawk

They’re full of shit.


5 posted on 01/18/2021 12:34:58 AM PST by angmo (#joeknew)
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To: BiglyCommentary

Yes, ChiCom numbers are always suspect. But, just hypothetically, if the ChiComs unleashed this virus on the world as an economic WMD, it kinda worked.


6 posted on 01/18/2021 12:41:14 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: knighthawk

You can damage your own economy and still be a winner as long as you destroy every one else’s economies in the process.


7 posted on 01/18/2021 12:49:19 AM PST by PTBAA
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To: knighthawk

Thank Fauci, Gates, the Deep State, and the Democrat-ChiCom Party


8 posted on 01/18/2021 12:54:23 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: irishjuggler

Yea, I’m absolutely convinced the this was intentional by China as such. Some who say dispute that making noises like “If it was a bio-weapon they would have been designed it better for that purpose” fail to grasp the concept that when you want to kill someone on the sly, you push them out of a high-rise with a suicide note left on table, not 5 bullets to the back of head so it’s obvious to one and all that it was not a suicide.


9 posted on 01/18/2021 12:55:47 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: BiglyCommentary

Yeah, I don’t get the “would have designed it better” argument at all. As an economic weapon, it’s darned near perfect— just deadly enough (to some people) to cause chaos and throw a monkey wrench into the economy but not deadly enough to wipe everyone out. The goal isn’t to kill everyone. That’d be very bad for China’s export business. And, besides, a deadlier virus would, paradoxically be harder to spread. I remember way back at the beginning of this, some media numbskull hoping to take an umpteenth shot at Trump asked Fauci how come the Obama admin handled Ebola so much bette, and to Fauci’s credit, he explained that Ebola was totally different thing. If you’ve got Ebola you’re so severely sick that you’re in no position to be walking around WalMart infecting people.


10 posted on 01/18/2021 1:09:03 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: BiglyCommentary

Actually, China has already figured out that a virus which kills off the elderly and the weak while leaving healthy people, working age people and children relatively unscathed isn’t such a bad thing after all.


11 posted on 01/18/2021 1:16:07 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

It’s hard for most with a Judaeo/Christian mindset of the West to understand the Atheists/humanist mindset of the Chinese Communists. To us, a human life is special, from the Creator. To them it is no different than an insect like an ant. I don’t feel any guilt when I go in into the backyard and exterminate a whole family of fire ants. Neither do the ChiComs when they exterminate a hundred thousand or a million people. They have no guilt/qualms whatsoever about using something like this if it gives them an advantage.


12 posted on 01/18/2021 1:34:15 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: Jan_Sobieski
Thank Fauci, Gates, the Deep State, and the Democrat-ChiCom Party

Partner, to think that the whole west has given their Technology away to the Chicoms.

The Chicoms get Hong Kong free of charge.

The Chicoms want Taiwan free of charge and this is just plain nonsense.

The Chicoms did not have any technology just less than 32 years ago.

13 posted on 01/18/2021 1:43:16 AM PST by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business...)
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To: BiglyCommentary
It’s hard for most with a Judaeo/Christian mindset of the West to understand the Atheists/humanist mindset of the Chinese Communists Democrats. To us, a human life is special, from the Creator. To them it is no different than an insect like an ant. I don’t feel any guilt when I go in into the backyard and exterminate a whole family of fire ants. Neither do the ChiComs when they exterminate a hundred thousand or a million people. They have no guilt/qualms whatsoever about using something like this if it gives them an advantage.

Fixed it for you. Democrats assign zero value to the lives of the unborn. Like-minded thinkers in Europe are already using selective abortion to eliminate those they consider to be defective, and euthanasia to eliminate those on the edges of useful life. Think how much a good mass extinction of the old and weak will save on medical bills and SS payments.

14 posted on 01/18/2021 1:44:42 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

True, humanists openly put out position papers essentially touting how humans are a harmful parasite infestation on the precious Earth Mother and there should only be about 500 million (sustainable), and a mass extermination of the other 7 billion plus would be a “good thing”. Satanic to the core.


15 posted on 01/18/2021 2:00:25 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: irishjuggler

The virus causing the damage is a psychological one.


16 posted on 01/18/2021 2:24:43 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: knighthawk

Um.

I believe Vietnam grew 2.91%.

:)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-economy-gdp/vietnams-2020-economic-growth-slips-to-30-year-low-due-to-covid-19-idUSKBN29107M


17 posted on 01/18/2021 2:39:21 AM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam)
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To: TheConservativeTejano

Chicoms approached my company in 1985, did not buy our product, just bought engineering manuals and drawings for $2 million.


18 posted on 01/18/2021 3:51:34 AM PST by entropy12 (It is NOT WHO VOTES, it is who COUNTS THE VOTES, become the rulers...I think Stalin said that?)
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To: knighthawk

China won the Great War of 2020.


19 posted on 01/18/2021 4:16:25 AM PST by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: knighthawk

Even after releasing Covid 19


20 posted on 01/18/2021 4:21:44 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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