In a commentary, SMU Senior Lecturer of Statistics Wu Zhengxiao discussed how China could tackle the questions posed by journalist Mehdi Hassan – on how many Chinese lives could be lost or would have to be lost to justify a single percentage of economic growth. He opined how this could be calculated using a hypothetical formula based on life expectancy of Chinese nationals and also examined other factors that should be taken into consideration.
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