the dude has changed a lot, from China dove/hand, turned into China hawk

he looked bitter over the years, I suspected it is because Xi cracked down on foreign ties with the non profit organizations in China

asia society today is full of people who are basically advocating China to surrender to the US in return for better relationship, all their advices are full of naiveties that not even the American politicians will listen to. They not only lose access to China audiences, but also influence among US geopolitical experts

asia society mattered before trump era, when US government still valued their advices, but under trump, he ignored them completely, treating them like dinosaur

and today, they still haven't managed to claw back their influence, and if the US government basically ignore their advice, why should China care about them