> His political leanings are clear. Of course, when asked about Xinjiang, his reply can hardly be used as a criterion for whether he has been brainwashed. If he

> His political leanings are clear. Of course, when asked about Xinjiang, his reply can hardly be used as a criterion for whether he has been brainwashed. If he publicly said this in China in the way that Westerners think he has been "brainwashed", he would have been arrested. lol this is always one of my pet peeves with Western "journalists". "Hey I've got this celebrity/author/whomever from China here, let me try to have a Barbara Walters moment and ask them a profound question about something-controversial-in-China that will get them or their family killed!" I'm not sure what the solution is, but I'm convinced it's just journalists patting themselves on teh back.