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A China Watcher is someone who portrays themself as an authority on Chinese politics. China Watchers almost always identify as "Western," but in reality they are just white or boba liberal. Common activities of a China Watcher include making hypocritical orientalist statements about China or Chinese people, writing articles based on Google translated Chinese sources, or making stuff up when there are no sources at all. A feature of China Watchers is that the more prolific they are, the less meaningful academic or real life experience on China or Chinese subjects they have. As a result, despite their claimed expertise, many China Watchers cannot speak or read Chinese, have never worked in China, lived in China, been to China, or even read a peer-reviewed article on Chinese history or politics in their own native language. Unfortunately China Watchers view their lack of experience with pride, so there is no hope of correcting their defects, which is probably why all their opinions on China are complete nonsense.
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