China's GDP has grown 7% or more every year since 1991. It had an impressive economic record before that as well. You can read gloomy articles like this going

China's GDP has grown 7% or more every year since 1991. It had an impressive economic record before that as well. You can read gloomy articles like this going back to 1949. In that time, China has become the second largest economy in the world. I was reading articles like this a decade ago, I was reading articles like this two decades ago. People have been saying the sky is falling since 1949. Despite all of that, China's GDP will probably grow 7% this year, as well as 7% next year.