I wanted to know more.

I am Drew Thompson.

I am a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

He was working for the U.S. Department of Defense in 2012 when Jiang and several other Chinese generals visited the U.S. as part of a week-long tour.

He was supremely confident.

He was curious.

He was asking questions, but really he was, you know, taking the measure of the Americans.

He had a spring in his step, and he was clearly enjoying himself.

I wanted to know more.

I am Drew Thompson.

I am a senior fellow at the S. Roger Rotnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

He was working for the U.S. Department of Defense in 2012 when Jiang and several other Chinese generals visited the U.S. as part of a week-long tour.

He was supremely confident.

He was curious.

He was asking questions.

But really, he was, you know, taking the measure of the Americans.