Crossing the Dardanelles into Asia: original document reading in Mandarin and English language.
Cutting through the strategic fact that has been detached from diplomatic formulations and fictions used by both US and China, and offering highly pragmatic business-oriented consultancy
'Most Americans, including educated elites, struggle to understand the nature of the domestic politics and policy decision-making processes in the People’s Republic of China [...] given the linguistic, cultural, and philosophical divide between the two countries. Xi himself neither speaks nor reads English – which means that his understanding of America has always been intermediated through official Chinese sources of translation, which are not always known for accuracy, subtlety, or nuance. [...] Still, Xi’s direct experience of America exceeds the direct experience of China of an American leader, including Joe Biden.' - Kevin Rudd, The Avoidable War