Beijing, Dec. 27 -- A fresh analysis has raised serious doubts about China's official economic narrative, suggesting that China's actual growth is far weaker than government figures claim, exposing structural weaknesses that could accelerate its global isolation, as reported by The Epoch Times.

According to The Epoch Times, A December 22 report by international consultancy Rhodium Group estimates that China's real economic growth in 2025 likely ranged between 2.5 and 3 per cent, nearly half of the officially declared 5.2 per cent expansion.

The report attributes this discrepancy primarily to a sharp contraction in fixed asset investment, which plunged 11 per cent year-on-year between July and November, alongside shrinking credit growth ...