We tried to bring both the Nationalist and Communist leaders together to come to some form of Compromise. We also left a delegation in Nanking to work with the new Communist regime, instead of fleeing back to Taiwan. China and Russia would soon fight over the fundamentals of Communism. We would not help matters, as anything that hurt Russia was seen as a good thing.
He wanted to use the Mississippi for trade
My guess is a internationalist. and they are writing about the american culture from a different POV. And New York or Britain.