These guys are have no idea how much humiliation is in store for them. They will probably have their own century of humiliation.
I actually did not really like that article.
Seemed to me all the points listed were just same old stereotypes (except the last one) that these types of Western academics tend to have of China. These people are doomed in this struggle, because they simply do not know what they are up against.
Then the last point was the most absurd. Seeing over 2000 Chinese people go dance in the park at night, gave this guy hope about the country. Seems rather blatant that his real thinking was this was not part of any stereotype he had.
We are dealing with some seriously ignorant people here. Does not matter if they are someone like Trump a rich businessman or a PhD holding academic from a prestigious US university, their ignorance about China cannot be hidden any longer.