The author's Wikipedia page and bibliography implies he has socialist political tendencies, and this article is written supportively in favour of the Chinese.

The author's Wikipedia page and bibliography implies he has socialist political tendencies, and this article is written supportively in favour of the Chinese. I don't dispute some of the examples but I do note his references don't work - they are simply lists of sources without details (i.e. #34, 'Los Angeles Times'). He makes comments such as that Harrer, who wrote a book about his travels in Tibet, was a member of Hitler's SS. Yes, he was - but only after Austria was annexed, under duress, and was later cleared of any wrongdoing (the Pope was a Hitler Youth member, btw). Overall a very biased, slanted piece, written in an interesting way but without any credence from well-linked citations and fails to take into account the reported atrocities committed by the Chinese after their occupation.