I think this parody demonstrates that this bit only works for Jiang because he's a Chinese Dissident. He's not a professor. Westerners just think that being Chinese gives him some kind of mystical wisdom.
He's actually a High School English teacher. He lives in Beijing and he said he accesses youtube through VPN. He was arrested by China in 2002 for being suspected of being a spy for the US. He also described himself as being 'far right' politically.
He talked about this stuff in his interview with Mehdi Hasan.