When Grant Newsham, a retired US Marine colonel and security analyst, sat down for an interview that aired last month, he called China’s economic rise illusory and said there were “600 million Chinese at least who live on US$5 a day or less”. His remarks quickly drew online criticism as well as ...
Source: [SCMP](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3371535/washington-misreading-beijing-decline-us-visits-china-sparks-concern)