Source: Quillette
by Aaron Sarin
“On 28 July, Quillette published a piece by David Marshall titled ‘Getting China Wrong.’ The essay is an expansion on the classic Sun Tzu quotation: ‘Know your opponent and your own strength, and win 100 percent of your battles. Know yourself but not your enemy, and win half. Know neither yourself nor your enemy, and lose every engagement.’ Marshall argues that American conservatives and the Trump administration do not understand China, its people, or its regime, and that the consequences of underestimating them could be dire. … my experience demonstrates to me that the real China is more complex than Marshall’s picture, and also more complex than the picture generally offered by those American conservatives he holds in such contempt. Most assuredly, it is more complex than any picture painted by the Chinese Communist Party.” (08/14/25)
https://quillette.com/2025/08/14/getting-china-right-a-reply-to-d-marshall/