I must say that you know nothing about China. This is a very harsh statement, but I can't find a better way to express it. I don't mean to offend.
Let me give you the conclusion first: Victor Gao is not a spokesperson for China, and he doesn't even understand Chinese politics.
I don't want to say too much to criticize him. I'm just describing a phenomenon that is widely present in China.
There is a newspaper in China called "People's Daily". It is the core propaganda channel of the CCP. This newspaper completely represents the CCP and the Chinese government.
In China, all super bosses will read this newspaper frequently. If you can understand its meaning, you will make huge profits in future business activities. If you can't understand it or misunderstand its meaning, you may face a disastrous defeat.
This is the basic rule of Chinese business activities. Whether it is Chinese or foreign companies, they must do this. Many bosses of large foreign companies investing in China will study this newspaper in depth. (Only very large bosses will read this newspaper.)
The premise of being able to understand this newspaper is that you must study Chinese politics in depth.
All local governments in China will also read this newspaper for a long time. But the degree of understanding is different.
Let me put it from another angle.
If you can fully understand this newspaper, then you can easily make huge wealth in China. How much you can understand depends on how much Chinese political wisdom you have.
If Victor Gao had enough Chinese political background and Chinese political wisdom, he would not have relied on selling red wine online to make a fortune.
If you can understand the meaning of the photo below, you will no longer argue with me about this issue.
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This is totally irrelevant to this thread. Let's end it.