But the difference, of course, is there is due process of law. This professor may have been improperly charged but the US legal system, in the end, recognized that. If you’re honest with yourself, and I think you are, you know the Chinese justice system doesn’t work like this.
— Mike Forsythe 傅才德 (@PekingMike) January 15, 2022
Lelling says the China Initiative has "drifted" and lost focus. *It lacked focus from the beginning.*
— Mara Hvistendahl (@MaraHvistendahl) December 7, 2021
What has changed is that Lelling, once the initiative's biggest cheerleader, is now in private practice and can defend clients accused under it. https://t.co/5q6dzpMhyR
I was in a subgroup meeting on zoom, and received a phone call from Gang Chen!
— Zhigang Suo (@zhigangsuo) January 20, 2022
"I'm a free man now!" he said.
A page has just turned.
Unsure what's on the next page, but that will be for another day.