So a Chinese communist spy was ruling over a leftist California city, and if you didn’t like it, you were called racist.

We need to ask ourselves whether foreign-born people, especially if born in an enemy state, should be allowed to become mayor.

It’s not working out for the British.

We also need to reflect on the fact that among Chinese, the concept of “race traitor” is not considered a racist insult, as it is in the States, but rather one of the greatest sins of all.

This puts us in an awkward position because we wound like to be more pluralistic and welcoming than the circumstances would seem to demand.

The same principle applies to how we treat Chinese “journalists.”

Karl Popper would have something to say here.