Frank & cynical essay from Fudan researcher: American Left "mistakenly" put faith in eventual Chinese liberalization due to their naive idealism, vouched for China, and we took advantage of that strategic opportunity. They can speak for us again h/t @niubi https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NP5q0pUmAtQ1pi8Ap8UbAg

admonishes Chinese intellectuals to not to believe in liberal values because US left helped China. That makes them soft-controlled and blindly faithful to US:
这种友好实际上造成了一种对中国知识界的软性的支配，使我们失去了话语权。以至于我们对美国迷信过度，几十年来始终不能平视美国

He names scholars such as Shirk and Shambaugh as friends of China who turned into critics. Says friendliness & expectation of many based on contempt: 美国的很多左派的确是发自内心地对中国“友好”，但是本质上他们的“友好”是建立在对中国的不尊重的基础之上，是一种西方中心式的傲慢

...夸大某一国价值观的普遍适用性，却无视中国的传统、价值观、信仰体系和实践过程。 他们否定中国的成就，在他们眼里，中国不接受西方价值观就无法发展，就无法走和平道路。最近的一些左派，似乎默认了对中国“接触”失败这种说法，并且将责任归咎于中国。

and professes great respect for Mearsheimer as a realist who doesn't judge China by values but rather by its raw power, and therefore Mearsheimer gets China's respect and warmly applauded when he lectures in Beijing

He concludes it's not important who wins 2020 but to cultivate pro-engagement China hands. "We can still win over the Left" (nvm earlier dissing)
重要的是要保证美国国内有一个比较强大的“知华”力量。我们无法争取美国的右派，但可以争取左派。左派是一些不太坏的人，对我们国家利益损害较小