This is a followup on a previous post titled Did Millions Die in the Great Leap Forward: A Quick Note on the Underlying Statistics. In that post, I pointed out that the only systematic data available from the time (the census of 1953 and 1964) were such that they could neither support nor refute the hypothesis that millions upon millions died during the Great Leap Forward. … [Read more...] about Did Millions Die in the Great Leap Forward: A Quick Note on non-Contemporaneous Data
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Chinese extremely optimistic about nation
More released from Pew Global Attitudes survey. From the IHT/NYTimes: "Eighty-six percent of the Chinese surveyed said they were content with the country's direction, up from 48 percent in 2002 and a full 25 percentage points higher than the next highest country, Australia. And 82 percent of Chinese were satisfied with their national economy, up from 52 percent." … [Read more...] about Chinese extremely optimistic about nation
Another statistic
Anton Lee Wishik II wrote about an interesting statistic while discussing polling in China: … [Read more...] about Another statistic
Happiness levels in mainland China, Taiwan, Hongkong, …
Many of the headlines have focused on Denmark being ranked the happiest country in the world after a U.S. funded global survey was released at the beginning of this week. So where are the Chinese people ranked? And what about the two countries often used for comparison/contrast with China (i.e. Russia and India)? Rank, Score, Country/Region 48, +1.83, Taiwan 54, +1.64, … [Read more...] about Happiness levels in mainland China, Taiwan, Hongkong, …