if memory didnt fail me, Pinkov is a mainland born Chinese (some say he belonged to some minor nationalities in china, ie ‘Zhuang’ or ‘Dai’ minorities in Yunnan province, southwest China). he seems to have suffered some ‘unjust treatment’ during the cultural revolution years, and fled china soon after the end of Mao’s reign. Pinkov is only his pen name. Kanwa is supposed to be his main source of income.
so his biasness against China is understandable, but his accuracy is somewhat questionable. Chinese have taken shots of him in recent Zhuhai and other military fairs and posted his pics all over the Chinese internet.