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Comment author: [deleted] 24 August 2012 11:30:49AM 0 points [-]

Chinese census data is notoriously unreliable.

Comment author: TGM 24 August 2012 01:10:55PM *  0 points [-]

I can believe that. The World Factbook has different figures, but they are in the same direction. I don't know where they get their data from, though.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 August 2012 01:34:24PM 2 points [-]

Sorry, I shouldn't have just stated a claim without some evidence.

Here are some examples of semi-obvious statistical manipulation happening in the Chinese census data. I don't necessarily agree with all of their conclusions (e.g., they assume that the One Child Policy applies to everyone), but there are enough signs of tampering for my taste.