Pottinger is to be applauded for his excellent Mandarin. However, he admonishes the PRC for its authoritarian stance and behaviors, while working for a US President attempting to do the very same thing. Lack of Transparency in both governments is morbidly obvious. Revealing truths to their citizens is horribly lacking. The corruption within the Trump administration appears to outdistance the corruption within the PRC, but both parties are autocrat, all orders from top to bottom with no breaking that chain. Speaking truth in the USA gets you fired, removed from your position, escorted out of the WH by goons, as well as those who peak truth in China - they disappear. No, Mr. Pottinger's fine mandarin cannot cover his absolute ignorance and his deplorable behaviors while supporting a most disinterested in Democracy movement this country has ever seen, and Populists are at the front line of ignorance. The universe is the universe, and by showing compassion for another, one becomes the main instrument in this universe - love. There is no love within the PRC for their citizens, nor in the Trump administration.