Lei breaks it down very well. She goes over China’s GDP and I think it was around the 15 minute mark she goes into the data she got from the Ministry of Education regarding the closures of all these schools in China. She finished her case at the 30 minute mark. Her estimate is 300 to 500 million as the real population of China. Then at the end she gives the number 400 million as the population.
Lei’s Shocking Findings on China’s Real Population and GDP Collapse
Independent journalist Lei from Lei’s Real Talk has uncovered disturbing evidence that China’s real population is not 1.4 billion, but between 300–500 million today . She argues that both China’s demographic numbers and GDP figures are massively inflated , with far-reaching implications for the global economy.
1. China’s Real GDP Is Massively Overstated
- Official GDP for 2024: 135 trillion yuan.
- Lei’s claim: The real GDP is actually 50–67% lower, meaning the actual output could be closer to 45–67 trillion yuan.
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Reasoning:
- Asset prices are collapsing.
- State-owned enterprises and local governments are drowning in inefficient, unproductive debt.
- Consumption and private sector activity are flatlined or declining.
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Debt Burden:
- Total debt stands at 455 trillion yuan.
- Even at a low interest rate of 3%, 20% of real GDP is consumed by interest payments alone .
- Financial sector liabilities are 500 trillion yuan , or 780% of real GDP if you adjust for inflation .
Conclusion: China’s economy is too hollow to stand — and is on the verge of a financial and social collapse.
2. Population Collapse Evidence
- 74% of primary schools have closed between 2000–2023.
- From 2022–2025, 23% of kindergartens are projected to shut down.
- Average kindergarten class sizes shrank 22% from 2017 to 2024.
- Combined, these statistics reveal a 40–50% collapse in preschool-age children in just a few years .
- Lei attributes this to:
- COVID-19’s real death toll in China, potentially hundreds of millions .
- An already declining population before the pandemic — China may have been at 800 million pre-COVID, and post-pandemic numbers could be 300–500 million today.
3. Visible Signs:
- Videos from China show empty megacities, deserted highways, and lifeless public spaces, even during holidays when travel should surge.
- The government’s lockdowns and door-welding policies may have been more about concealing mass casualties than containing the virus.
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4. Economic & Geopolitical Implications
- A shrinking population can’t support the massive debt burden .
- China’s supposed rise to global dominance is based on fabricated numbers.
- If true, this hidden collapse is already reshaping the global economic landscape , and could explain why the CCP is more aggressive geopolitically — it’s acting from a position of weakness, not strength .
Lei’s Final Statement:
“China is missing 1 billion people. The official number is a lie. Case closed.”
https://www.youtube.com/live/TPPPfzSDAyw?si=vVlfhtgyEIQb63Dr