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SCMP Columnist
My Take by Alex Lo
Why Mao hated random statistical sampling
- Could the great famine of 1959 to 1961 have been averted if China’s state planners had been allowed to practise proper statistics and data collection?
Updated: 2:38am, 18 Aug, 2020
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Alex Lo has been a Post columnist since 2012, covering major issues affecting Hong Kong and the rest of China. A journalist for 25 years, he has worked for various publications in Hong Kong and Toronto as a news reporter and editor. He has also lectured in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.