I have been burned multiple times now by western leaders/think tank experts that sound impressive but over time you just discover they are constantly wrong about their so called master subject.
Imaging me casually watching geopolitical stuff for over 4 years and discovering that those so called China watchers can't even write, read, speak or understand Chinese i had to pretty much forgot what they told me over the years and just fall back to watching trend lines and statistical graphs.
I used to follow the so called Panda Huggers before, of which Rudd was one of them. I thought they'd provide a more balanced view. I wasn't too concerned about their language skills as long as they provided reasonable views and arguments. Then over the past 4 or 5 years, they've gradually turned into China Hawks. Now I can barely stand listening to them.
I've turned more to the few sane voices left in Taiwanese media. It is of course "soft-censored," with those not towing the DPP line heavily attacked. But if you know where to look, you can find analyses that are quite objective. Unfortunately, you need to understand Chinese to watch these programs.
There is one program on youtube I know that is subtitled. You can use youtube's feature to translate the chinese subtitle into english. It won't be perfect, but you can probably get the gist of it. Here is an example, if you're interested: