A ‘friend of China’ has a message for China

Right now, China’s under a world of criticism for its early actions in the COVID-19 global crisis, and judging by its ambassadors’ statements in Europe, Australia, and Canada, it’s lashing out undiplomatically at critics.
VANCOUVER—On a winter’s night in 1980, I left a dinner reception at the Chinese Embassy, to find my rumpled Volkswagen and was surprisingly followed by the Chinese ambassador. I took the opportunity to ask him why I was invited as the dinner was full of senior pol...

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