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      "blocker": "The source-specific adapter and revision-history capture have not crossed the publication boundary.",
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      "blocker": "Cumulative and monthly periods must be separated and revision vintages retained.",
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      "statement": "Missing property, labor, demand, and longitudinal comparison coverage prevents a defensible broad direction.",
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      "consequence": "The lead must report measured series and gaps without a hidden national-output estimate.",
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      "statement": "No metric or composite in this lead estimates true GDP."
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      "consequence": "Its confidence remains insufficient and the publication gate stays blocked.",
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      "statement": "The current claim cites Palimpsest's structured roll-ups rather than two claim-level primary independence groups."
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      "consequence": "Not collected cannot be interpreted as zero or economic weakness.",
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      "statement": "Current comparable property, labor, and household-demand coverage has not crossed the publication boundary."
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      "consequence": "It cannot substitute for a measured economic series.",
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  "opened_at": "2026-08-11T00:00:00Z",
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        "check_id": "counterevidence-review",
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      {
        "check_id": "current-evidence",
        "detail": "Observed 7; requires at least 8.",
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        "detail": "Observed 8; requires at least 8.",
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        "check_id": "right-to-reply",
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    "applicability_reason": "This open data-coverage investigation makes no allegation about a person or institution.",
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      "Do not describe any metric as true GDP or a complete state-of-economy estimate.",
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  "slug": "china-economy-evidence-gap",
  "status": "abstained",
  "status_reason": "One or more evidence receipts are stale; the lead is retained only as an explicit abstention.",
  "testable_question": "Do current public official, market, and physical series provide enough independent cross-domain and revision history to support a broad direction for China's economy?",
  "title": "What the Current China Economy Evidence Still Cannot Establish",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-24T15:58:52Z",
  "url": "/news/investigations/china-economy-evidence-gap/",
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}