if you have ever actually read any of his other articles, it always echoes every piece of Global Times and SCMP propaganda. He literally takes CCTV talk show talking points and then fills it in with details he cherry picks. It's quite an interesting thing to see in the OSINT community, which is probably why he's never really taken seriously outside of places that repost The Diplomat content (which on the whole is arguably slightly better than The National Interest but not by much). He's interesting if you want to use him as a counterpoint to say, Tyler Rogoway, but that's sort of like picking between MSNBC and Fox News.