“One of the most notoriously wrong “expert” is Gordon Chang who actually lived in Shanghai and Hong Kong.”
Chang is king of the wishful thinkers.
Arthur Waldron is not Gordon Chang.
“He recalled a conversation with an unidentified person, who is a close advisor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
“He said to me, Arthur, what the hell are we going to do? .....”
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Seems like a charlatan & a liar.
I haten to remind you that Waldron himself RECOMMENDED Chang’s book when it was published.