> “Certainly under Xi, the CCP now honors the longer trajectory of Chinese history. This means that all history needs to point in a direction that suggests unif

> “Certainly under Xi, the CCP now honors the longer trajectory of Chinese history. This means that all history needs to point in a direction that suggests unified (rather than split) identity, historical and cultural continuity, and an idea of ‘China’ as a long-standing entity that has been continuous through history,” he said. That's a weird phrasing for describing that China itself does basically the same thing: Redefining history aka lying about it. That's certainly not 'honoring' the history. So he seems to have incentives to be aligned with Chinese dictates which makes him being an unreliable source.