Not sure his speaking mannerisms are natural and not learned/practice, training. Lots of hand movements, and 'everyman' character looks like construct. As for message, the China/USA part seems really oversimplified.

He says that some competition between the two is a cycle of waffling "which makes you even less secure" and says that's "a scary place to be." Emotional narrative. Could just be the way he thinks. But reality is much more granular. No need to be concerned about some nebulous conceptualization of the sizes of superpowers inside this guys hands, better to focus on the specifics of what policies are wrongheaded and where force is being used unjustly.

"It's gonna be a question of China vs. the west." Yea maybe. To me it's first a question of China vs itself, and US vs itself. Will they continue unsustainable policies? Citizens/elite families/dynasties /business leaders still have a lot of say in both countries. A significant cleanup by either could change the landscape dramatically. They are both out of control abroad, U.S. more overtly, ostensibly, China more covertly. (But wikileaks shows CIA is everywhere too).

Message he had for people to take action, step forward, that's good stuff.

His talk about the difference between public perception and individual perception is a bit of projection I'd say. There's truth to that but it is a particular blind spot among narcissists, who obsess over perception and perspective but constantly find their gauges off from neurotic thinking distorted by traumatic complexes. It's more valuable to hold the simple common sense knowledge that communication's purpose is to share perspective and improve each participant's map of the other. He seems to be more on the 'communication is about presenting the narrative perception you want the listener to use as their map." Which would be classic CIA, and the personality type they look for (if my amateur policy reverse engineering skills are not failing me.)