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Let's review: Three days ago, the argument was that China was lying about the numbers. Two days ago, your argument was that your analysis proves that nobody knows anything about numbers and nobody should accuse anyone of lying about numbers. Today, your argument is that your analysis is more work than anyone else's numbers (never mind that it's spurious) and one, two, three, four, five, six paragraphs about how everyone's numbers are bullshit. "borderline racist bullshit" in fact. Meanwhile, China has been dismissing party officials and revised their count steeply upward. The argument at the outset was that China was pushing a false narrative. Three days later, China has relieved party heads and has changed their narrative.