A few of the articles from this week's C&EN:
- Jean-François Tremblay is on the cover this week, talking about the health (?) of the Chinese chemical industry.
- Does anyone actually believe Chinese GDP numbers? I think you can believe the trend, but not the actual number.
- Interesting article by Marc Reisch on SABIC's CEO, Abdul Aziz Al-Zamil.
- Some interesting backstory on the carcinogenicity of DEHP in this week's letters to the editor.
I think GDP numbers in general need to be taken with a grain of salt. Trying to tabulate the total economic output of a country is a non-trivial matter. I'll be interested to see what else Chinese policymakers try to keep growth up since devaluing the yuan went over like a lead balloon.
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