@Bluebearmonkey@baoshaoshan@Flashman200 Manufacturing grew by 5.7%, while high-tech manufacturing added value surged by 14.3%. The service sector's added value went up 5.2% year-on-year, and total retail sales of consumer goods and services grew by 2.6%.
@Bluebearmonkey@baoshaoshan@Flashman200 Even excluding real estate, fixed-asset investment still fell by 4.2%.
You seem to be dodging my screenshot. It clearly lists the growth rates for each industry.
@Bluebearmonkey@baoshaoshan@Flashman200 In Q2 of this year, auto parts was the only sector that dipped year-on-year, down a mere 0.76%. Meanwhile, semiconductors soared by 73%, far outstripping machinery at 12% and chemicals at 10%. Even Taiwan's retail sales saw a solid 6.1% jump in Q2.
@Bluebearmonkey@baoshaoshan@Flashman200 Of course it's getting worse, but the worsening wealth gap in Taiwan doesn't mean China—which is in far worse shape—is some kind of paradise.
@Bluebearmonkey@baoshaoshan@Flashman200 I don't think this really helps your defense of China. I can easily refute everything you said with screenshots from Weibo and Bilibili—assuming you can even read Chinese.
@Cozy_Mod3@Bluebearmonkey@Flashman200 I don’t think he’s right at all. He hasn’t provided any convincing data, just his own assumptions. And I’d like you to show me where I supposedly played the victim. This just proves how deep the echo chamber is here.
@Bluebearmonkey@baoshaoshan@Flashman200 Agree, but you denied it at first. And you can’t use the same argument when describing Taiwan. All you can say is Taiwanese people work in China, ignoring that most are posted there by Taiwanese firms like Foxconn and Quanta, and the numbers are now less than half their peak.
@Bluebearmonkey@baoshaoshan@Flashman200 Looks like even someone who was once a big shot, or a head of research at a major investment bank, can still be so blinded by prejudice that they barely understand Taiwan.