Desmond was as intertwined in the corruption of the era as anyone, and is now marketing himself as some type of explanatory moral compass, while his wife sits in a jail somewhere taking the heat for their shared collaborative activity. The less said of him, the better. The unwinding of the Evergrande (and real estate industry in general) mess will take time, but at least it was stopped and the unwinding is being managed instead of letting it blow up like '08 in America.
It's precisely because he was so intertwined in that world that I find what he has to say very interesting. Whatever his motives, he's had access to a world that most of us (and especially/even journalists) haven't had
True, I don't disagree. Please don't think I'm critical of your reporting; I read it, I always learn something, but I'm sick of people like Desmond. Spend any time in China with locals and it's hard not to meet someone with sordid stories about that era, or that had direct involvement in corruption. These are awful people.
Though...his storytelling method, where he's alternately "bragging" about his luxury lifestyle trying to impress the rubes, and then condemning it so as to ingratiate himself into Western elite circles is a tired story.
Desmond was as intertwined in the corruption of the era as anyone, and is now marketing himself as some type of explanatory moral compass, while his wife sits in a jail somewhere taking the heat for their shared collaborative activity. The less said of him, the better. The unwinding of the Evergrande (and real estate industry in general) mess will take time, but at least it was stopped and the unwinding is being managed instead of letting it blow up like '08 in America.
It's precisely because he was so intertwined in that world that I find what he has to say very interesting. Whatever his motives, he's had access to a world that most of us (and especially/even journalists) haven't had
True, I don't disagree. Please don't think I'm critical of your reporting; I read it, I always learn something, but I'm sick of people like Desmond. Spend any time in China with locals and it's hard not to meet someone with sordid stories about that era, or that had direct involvement in corruption. These are awful people.
Though...his storytelling method, where he's alternately "bragging" about his luxury lifestyle trying to impress the rubes, and then condemning it so as to ingratiate himself into Western elite circles is a tired story.