Exposing China
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/30/trump-china-xi-jinping-g20-michael-pillsbury-1034610
<Michael Pillsbury'>s core argument is that China’s communist leaders have lulled the U.S. into complacency as they plot to overtake American hegemony by 2049. Even worse, he argues that China has been tricking the U.S. into hastening its own demise by stealing scientific and military secrets under the guise of cooperation.
"We need a strategy to prevent losing our world leadership," he told POLITICO in an interview. He also predicted that Xi would not make major concessions in Argentina this weekend. "I don’t expect a breakthrough," he said. "President Trump wants reciprocity and much better treatment of America."
>>GEOTUS, hold the Chinese fentanyl killer of Americans accountable.
While earning several positive reviews, the book sparked controversy among his fellow professional China watchers, many of whom call Pillsbury’s scholarship sloppy and argue that he overstates the notion of a secret Chinese government plot to surpass the United States in global influence.
>>How stupid do these traditional "experts" think the public is?
Wilder, a former CIA and National Security Council official, said that Pillsbury’s ideas could “make people overestimate the Chinese in a way that I think can make people make questionable policy positions.”
>>Glowing assholes everywhere.
One former senior White House official supportive of Pillsbury’s views said that several key administration figures like Mattis were initially reluctant to view China as a primary strategic threat.
Now, thanks to Pillsbury, the former official said: “Everybody’s woke.”
>>Well done, doughboy!