>There are several economists that believe the Chinese government is doing alot of PR to hide that there are severe issues in China. I believe the truth is somewhere between what the Chinese say and what those economists say.

what kind of issues? If there are, they must have been hiding that pretty well for the european press.

Are those economist, US republicans or is this backed up by other economist outside of the US? I have a hard time believing what all economists say. They don't seem to agree, in fact they seem to disagree more than they agree. I'd tend to find out the political color of the economist to put it in the right context and draw a conclusion from there.

Not that I blindly trust the chinese government, but trusting the opinions of economists and their forecast is not something I would do without a lot of scepsis.