Ishaan Tharoor@ishaantharoor
Feb 21, 2023
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The Chinese embassy in Washington just emailed journalists a five-chapter pamphlet on "US Hegemony and Its Perils"
Pretty thin gruel, culminating with this doctrinaire conclusion that rings quite hollow coming from a regime that is entertaining the invasion of Taiwan, has "bullied" Hong Kong's democrats into submission and turned Xinjiang into a dystopian experiment in surveillance & control.
American misdeeds from the past, including the hideous legacy of supporting Cold War-era anti-democratic coups, are abominable. But don't think Beijing is scoring the points it thinks it is by calling them out now. You can read the full thing here: mailchi.mp/d5e8cc277c9f/0
Muted this conversation because of the volume of responses, but just adding that I'm hardly an apologist for US "hegemony" or what have you. Indeed, awareness of its abuses launched me on my career. Just don't need the CCP to tell me about it. twitter.com/ishaantharoor/
Ishaan Tharoor@ishaantharoor
Feb 17 23
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I was a freshman in college and I was there. And I remain proud of that to this day. I also am still angry at how easily it was dismissed by the Anglo political establishment and a shamefully lapdog media. It’s why I went into journalism.
Ishaan Tharoor
@ishaantharoor
Foreign affairs columnist @WashingtonPost, anchor of Today’s WorldView column and newsletter. Dad. New Yorker. Victoria concordia crescit.
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