Here is an alternative Invidious link: https://inv.thepixora.com/watch?v=hLoPJQR0EfU (8 min video)
Michael Kovrig, the Canadian diplomat who spent over 1,000 days in a Chinese prison, says that while stabilizing relations with China is necessary, the deal is ‘asymmetric, and it’s China that holds the balance and the leverage.’
Every time I see him interviewed as an expert, I think about this. Like, are we going to just move past that, or that he has a strong peronal reason to hate China now?
It’s not like there’s a shortage of China experts who would go on TV.