gotta remember with every one of Lijian Zhao's dumb tweets that not very far in the back of his mind is that he has frequent contact with Americans and that could be used against him by his political enemies at any point in a potential purge

obviously if you're a diplomat who actually wants to do your job or to convince Americans that China isn't threatening 'our victory is unstoppable, you fools!' is not a smart line of thinking. But if you're trying to keep yourself safe in a xenophobic and unpleasant regime ...

Just remembering how really upset one of the CGTN shills got when I pointed out that his career could very well make him the next Rui Chenggang. LZ has to be quite aware he could be Meng Hongwei.