Why won't China condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Mehdi Hasan & Victor Gao | Head to Head Extra

Mehdi Hasan goes head to head with former Chinese diplomat and Vice President of the Center for China and Globalization Victor Gao on China's foreign policy under Xi Jinping and its stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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[relaxwithmaureen]

Why won’t America condemn Israel occupation of Palestine 🇵🇸?

[ulvpcys]

Mahdi, you’re playing Piers Morgan now. You should know as a journalist why Russia attacked Ukraine.

[RonaldTrump-rxqk]

C'mon Mehdi. Condemn, condemn, condemn... This is exactly what we heard from the western media every single time they interviewed someone about Gaza after Oct 7. Just clickbait grandstanding. Wasting time by aggressively demanding condemnation over and over and over. Lost some respect for you after watching this clip.

[harryflash]

Couldn't get him on one of his stupid gotcha questions. Mehdi Hasan is terrible.

[sean-kq]

Mehdi is acting exactly like Piers Morgan now making Victor condemn Russia. lol

[amilaperera]

Worst journalist I have seen in my whole life .

[issiakasanogo]

Condemning Russia over Ukraine is not the same. You sound like a CIA tool on this one…. That’s a shame

[farissyed]

What about sovereignty and territorial integrity of palestine?

[terrymckenzie]

I still would have liked to hear what the Chinese fella had to say, before Mehidi kept interrupting him over and over.

[jesuswept]

China is simply not given a chance to be on the right side of history. The US is so aggressive towards them. Both the government and the people. I am sorry that China is as hypocritical as the US and did not condemn the occupation of Ukraine, just as the US does not condemn the occupation of Palestine. But they supplied many drones and other goods to Ukraine. For this I am very grateful 🙏 I believe that China has a great free future.

[collinsoconnor]

Why won't America condemn Israel?

[Clarahalfstone]

India is the biggest buyer of Russian Oil in the past 2 years. India did not condemn Russian. However, US only wants to ask China why not condemn Russian. Double Standard!

[edwardhuang]

China won’t condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because China doesn’t condemn any country invading any other country. China never condemned US invasion of several Middle Eastern country. The US has constantly been lecturing China for smaller acts of aggression over Taiwan while comitting atrocities in the Middle East and lexturing Russia invasion of Ukraine yet China has to condemn Russia while the US doesnt?

[qhack]

The trouble with Mehdi is that he, like lots of journalists, is trying to score points. Unfortunately, he tends to miss the mark big time too.
His contention is looking at an incident without looking at the whole picture. Just like the event in Gaza doesn't start from Oct 7, so the war in Ukraine didn't start on Feb 22 either.

[EnigmaExplorers]

this a stupid interview
i would walk away.
u cant be a host and not allow ur guest to speak. objecting and putting words in his mouth thats nonsense

[mommagotit]

You can not compare Palestine to Ukraine. It is Not the same historical context in any shape of the form. In actuality you have a Western attempt to try to put Putin in the same condition as Palestine, as Native Americans, As Africa, As South America and basically any other country that allowed those viperss to breach their borders. Are you confused? Or uninformed about history? There is no such thing as a friendly Nato expansion beyond it's agreed limitations. Are you really understanding what is happening? What happens to countries who end up with foreign militaries in their lands? Ukraine was apart of Russia, it was a revolt of some sort to break away but that doesn't mean that Putin should just let his enemies surround him and breach agreements.

[dnttcfvj]

The arrogance of this medhi guy is unbearable. Acts like a tabloid newspaper trying to trap people in an i got you question. We need more dialogue and diplomacy from journalists not this cheap attempt at journalism by medhi

[kazumaa]

The interviewer doesn't know when to stfu. He thinks he's senator asking questions and need a straight answer...

[oluwatobiadegoke]

The USA would do the same if Russia was to build a military fortress in Cuba, too. What's up with the double standard here? 🤔

[obeidhamid]

A pointless, simplistic ‘gothcha’ exercise. Is this what ‘win every argument’ about?