It's actually really frustrating every time I see Gordon Chang on CNN or some other news channel as an "expert" on China. He makes these Harold Camping like predictions about how China will fail by a specific year, none of which have obviously come true.
I actually wonder if people who don't know his history of poor predictions that well see his last name "Chang" and assume that he has some inside knowledge or knows more about China than the actual pundit.
CNN wants to catch your attention long enough to look at the next advertisement. They don't care about whether Gordon Chang's predictions turn out true or not.
Predictions of doom and gloom are more exciting than 'most likely systems will muddle through and status quo stays king'.
I actually wonder if people who don't know his history of poor predictions that well see his last name "Chang" and assume that he has some inside knowledge or knows more about China than the actual pundit.