yes that's bad, but calm down. Yes he sucks at doing top research himself. But CCER, without doubt, has educated so many students and helped them enter into top PhD programs in the U.S. Many of the students, indeed, now are great researchers in the profession on macroeconomics. You don't need a great researcher to build a great research center. You need someone who's 八面玲珑 and and who can get the money to fund a center, and get the job done.
Please download and read his CV. Try to find a decent publication. If there is not any, how could people in academia show respect for him?
Not to mention listing AER-PP as AER, which is both unethical and disgustingWen Hai founded two schools, CCER and PHBS at Peking Unversity, educating more than 10 thousand students. He is one of few key figures in bringing modern economics to China. Show some respect to him, your pathetic loser!