From: "Mark Hessey" 

"Phil Payne"  wrote: Foreign
investment in China (a more useful measure) shows the extent to which the
Chinese are mechanising.

Yes, that is a more useful statistic as it indicates likely future
direction, well we know the direction, rather it helps predict the level
and time frame more accurately than attempting to interpolate past trends
forward.

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