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Is China too unique for Engel’s Law?

Xinhua Daily Telegraph: ‘China has its own conditions’ and therefore ‘it is neither scientific nor practical to apply Engel’s Law to the Chinese people.’

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When there were only a billion

In 1982, Graham Earnshaw noted that the population of China topped 1 billion people.

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E-magazines and fictional download numbers

Circulation and viewership statistics for China’s media industry do not come from the reality-based community: most publishers simply make up the numbers.

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Newsstand sales figures for Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou

Two translations of Century Chinese newspaper retail market reports for Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai.

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