1) Per the claims in the video, the Chinese officials were not "dumb enough to talk about highly classified geopolitics within earshot", quite the opposite. Th

1) Per the claims in the video, the Chinese officials were not "dumb enough to talk about highly classified geopolitics within earshot", quite the opposite. The brand new Governor, on the other hand, was. And supposedly also bragged about being courted by Chinese diplomats with half of his acquaintances. 2) It was a restaurant - one of only two restaurants on the (very small) island. And supposedly owned by the Governor. 3) I'm not sure what the nation being "well known" or not has to do with anything. 4) The youtuber is Chris Hadfield (the astronaut)'s son. I mean it's theoretically possible he could be making it up for views, but if he wanted views there are other topics he could probably milk harder.