tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post8593758529850757497..comments2024-03-28T16:40:20.681-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : No Surprise: The PRC Has Been LyingComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-3740743865217072542020-03-31T22:11:16.638-04:002020-03-31T22:11:16.638-04:00Not giving bad news to the chain of command is bak...Not giving bad news to the chain of command is baked into the Chinese system, apparently for millennia. Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-89410611447594691992020-03-31T15:16:08.248-04:002020-03-31T15:16:08.248-04:00I think it's institutional: nobody wants to be...I think it's institutional: nobody wants to be the guy who reports bad news up the chain of command. It's the same thing that had the CIA saying that the USSR's economy was the world's third largest a year before the Berlin Wall fell. The CIA was getting its info from the Central Committee itself, but the info was completely wrong.<br /><br />Yes, I expect there's a certain amount of malice towards the West in play here, but you don't need that to explain the lousy data.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.com