UCLA political science professor Richard Baum has quit his post as an informal advisor to the Hillary Clinton campaign in protest over her recent comments on China. From Politico.com:
Richard Baum, a political science professor at the Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA, resigned in light of what he called “grossly misguided accusations” made by Clinton about China.
“As a lifelong Democrat, it saddens me that Sen. Clinton has chosen to take the low road in her effort to gain our party’s presidential nomination,” Baum said in an e-mail to Politico.
The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment by Politico.
Clinton recently has ratcheted up her anti-China sentiments, criticizing the country on everything from its human rights violations to its undervalued currency.
See also comments on this news from the Time China blog.
