Using adata fundamentalist approach,ʺ this study revisits the long debate about Chinas growth performance by seriously tackling the existing data problems that have been the major obstacles to a proper assessment of Chinas growth performance. First, this study examines and adjusts the serious...

The Chinese statistical authorities have recently revised the Chinese GDP level and real growth rate for the period 1993-2004 following China's first national economic census for 2004. However, their methodology used in the revision is opaque. Using a trend-deviation interpolation approach, this...