On one hand he seems to be a little out of touch here and there and has some very dumb takes based on nothing sometimes. On the other, his general writing is really good, and I belive he is often not wrong about China. He has personal experience with socialist regimes in a way that most of the people over here do not. Finally, you may be the smartest person ever, with the most correct takes and so on and still fall victim to propaganda, especially in things you dont pay that much attention about.