There's only so much those Mediacock 戏子 can earn by producing govt propaganda. Plan B is to sell overpriced food to their gullible fanbase.
simple fact is stinkypura market is tiny no matter how much pap-piglets cook up the numbers and boost GDP artificially
as explained before, many other countries do that, too.
one quick glance at the annual car sales will tell you a good deal about the real purchasing power, the real market size, the real economic output of a country - as simple, straightforward and reliable an index as you can find that govt can not manipulate as easily as GDP or CPI or some such.
e.g. thai annual car sales at abt 1 million before wuhan virus struck. peaking at 1.4 million units per year.
hence formal GDP numbers are understatements. real gdp should be around $1 trillion based on exchange rate. malaysian car sales have hovered around 50-56% of indon or thai annual car sales for quite some time now. actual gdp and market size should be higher.
for consumers malaysia got pretty much everything stinkypura got and a lot more while stinkies have got nothing whatsoever. so what's the hype about?
fact is, stinkypura is a hollow shell and a yankee vassal. the visit of yankee aircraft carrier is proof enough.