Both invasion are wrong. But u are forgetting that when Russia invaded Ukraine(even before Israel and Gaza war)arab world and M community was supporting Russia even enjoying it just bcos Ukraine (not a Nato member also) was USA and West Allie .No sanction was imposed or trade ban. Then why u xpect anything from west or from usa to take action? This is pure hypocrisy
everyone in the comments talking about palestine as if mehdi hasan hasn’t been a staunch opponent of the genocide in gaza… it’s disgusting for y’all to use the palestinian struggle as a whataboutism that isn’t relevant to either the discussion that is being had nor mehdi hasan’s position on israel. it’s clear y’all are just tankies, mad that mehdi is correctly pointing out a hypocritical position china has on russia/ukraine. & he knows why china supports russia. power hungry authoritarians like each other🤷
Not to mention the fact that this is on Al-Jazeera, a Qatar based news outlet that is incredibly critical of Israel given their politics and population. lmao
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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!
Lol...why calling India??? India sells to US and Europe what it buys? Hungary has a direct pipeline.... Japan uses Russian LNG.... CALL OUT US EUROPE JAPAN and later come to India
That is one of the weirdest "what about"s ever. And it is not even true (India has a lot of pressure on its shoulders on that matter). Should India and China condemn Russia or not??
@@mmarques2736The answer is no. Russia invaded Ukraine bc they want to join NATO. China and India are not NATO countries, and have no responsibility for that.
Nah, it's because India isn't a direct competitor and isn't an economic or military threat as of yet to US interests. Plus India plays nice with the US and doesn't with China so it works in US favor, but, much of the heavy hitters in the world still pressure India to try to stop backing Russia, it's just not as loud as that with China
@@mmarques2736 China has no Chinese soldiers in/around Russia/Ukraine. US does have US soldiers and heavy material/warships around Israel. No good comparison
@@mmarques2736the US government is owned by "israel", while China isn't owned by Russia. NAT should be condemned for provoking the war, as should the US for couping the Ukrainian government in 2014.
@@mmarques2736 but China doesn't give Russia billions of Dollars in heavy weapons to use against Ukraine like the US does to Israel. Also China has always preached peace and tried to support negotiations. Instead the US is vetoing ceasefire resolutions at the UN to help Israel wipe Gaza clean of human life. Why did you make this kind of comparison? It's woeful.
Mehdi Hasan has very vocally condemned Israel over Palestine, tens of times, at every opportunity he gets. Do you condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
@@MohammedBin-Shabbir If you had slighly longer memory you knew that Russia was trying to interfere with Ukraine since 2014 for their own imperialist ambissions. Why do you think that is rightful?
I hate this kind of "journalism". You keep pushing and pushing, interrupting and not allowing your interviewee to finish a sentence. It is bullish and not at all impartial.
I recall him saying that people in the west are free and people in China are not. Mean while, dozens of journalists have been arrrested in the west for speaking about PaIestine. Medhi sold his soul.
MEHDI DIDN'T ALLOW SPEAK A SINGLE SENTENSE WITHOUT INTERRUPTING MR GAO...YOU ALLOWED OTHERS TO SPEAK ALL THE TIME, I JUST WANTED HIM TO ANSWER THE QUESTION WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS. LET THE AUDIENCES BE THE JUDGE, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO ANSWER A YES AND NO QUESTION
It is just a simple yes or no answer, then he can explain the reason why. Most of his answers here are just vague and evading. If Mehdi lets him do his thing, this show is just another propaganda for the CCP.
Lool, you think a good journalist should allow interviewed people to avoid any complicated questions by diverting with an unrelated issue? Should Medhi allow Victor to turn the interview into an open stage for Chinese government propaganda? What's wrong with you? Please tell me you are with the Chinese government, otherwise that makes no sense
@@magmarmtn it doesn't mean anything when it's random people. It does when it sows inconsistency between government officials and official government positions.
You're missing the point. Intentionally of course. Enjoy your freedom. If you were living in China you would not be able to add your comments here. Unless you're ordered to.
To be fair, piers would use this argument when he talked over mehdi. Piers probably believed he knew whats up and all these hamas hugger where anti semitic @@Shih47
Mehdi is Running AlJAZEERA Propaganda On RUSSIA we all know why the WAR started and Zelensky NEEDS to come to a realization that the West is destroying Ukraine
@@jackcylow I admit you are right, we are not used to this kind of conversation. We were taught from an early age not to interrupt each other, it is a sign of lack of education. Now I see, you are different, maybe this is freedom
@@kyliekulinski3856Oh really? How about consistency in case of Palestine? How about Kashmir, Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Punjab, Goa, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Hyderabad, Puerto Rico, Guam, Faroe Island, French colonies in Africa, South America etc?
Is the idea of Journalism about forcing your Guests to say the words you want them to say and agree on a particular opinion, or is it about asking questions and getting your Guests' views and perspectives? There's nothing different from this and the usual CNN and BBC rambling.
You haven't seen anti-Israeli protest in US? No? Haven't heard some American intellectual elite condemning Israel publicly? Now tell me, how many University students, university professors or journalist in China publicly protested against Russia's invasion or voiced their protest in official public media such as TV? Any? One maybe? Can you explain why?
This journalist is UpTo something. He doesn't listen, he's not patient. He's forcing words to come out of someone. Where are journalists taking us to please 😢 always with AGENDA 😢
@@thearmchairjournalist566He literally said that they supported their sovereignty and urged for a ceasfire. But Medhi suddenly interrupted him. You're clearly not paying attention.
This was a waste of time. This Mehdi guy was clearly not listening. He was manipulating Victor in order to advance a narrative. He is just another version of Piers Morgan!
He's just another CIA stooge. If I was the Chinese guy I'd have answered what's going on is not an "invasion of Russia" but a war that was started by the USA and I'd ask the CIA sponsored journalist whether he'd condemn the USA for that 😹
Nah, Victor wasn’t answering any questions like at all. He is like going around the question without answering the original question. It just sounds like you are a tankie defending a CCP apologist
Victor was avoiding giving a straightforward answer to a straightforward question , if Mehdi let him ramble on he would just waste time and pretend in the end as if he anwsered the question.
@oluwatobiadegoke13 the US hasn't been able to control Russia but wants to, so has engineered a proxy war using ukraine, and sucking the uk into it, too.
@@zainzoala1083so what NATO is on Russia’s border, they already are in other countries and Ukraine had always promised not to join and kept that promise until Russia invaded them and now they’re hot to trot into Nato’s arms as soon as the war is over!! Plus Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has encouraged multiple other countries to join Nato which has backfired on Russia enormously 😂
I am a Hindu Indian, yes I don't like al Jazeera's biased coverage but this guy mehdi is something else...great questions... great logic... great timing...would like to see him interviewing our legend s jaishankar...
Then what is the point of doing this debate wouldn't it be better if medhi had a speech himself. It defeats the purpose of having a debate if you constantly talk over the other guy.
It's not a debate, it's an interview. A journalist asks questions and a politician is supposed to answer. If the politician deflects or purposely avoid the question, the journalist must do everything he can to make the politician answer the question he asked, otherwise it would be a political rally and not an interview. Understood?@@kyliekulinski3856
@@Hanklin5203 That's like justifying assaulting someone because they're boring you. That's not how etiquette works, buddy. Why don't you grow up and learn some manners.
The contrarian tone is not an accurate one. Because the US opposes a lot of good things doesn’t make every country they are against inherently pure-hearted or whatever nonsense. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” is good for television shows, not real life.
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
God this "interview" is so hard to watch. I honestly learned nothing much from this interaction. Mehdi should not do another one of these at least with China because what is this?
So asking hard questions to Israeli officials and pushing them, when they are dodging is right, but doing the exact same thing with Chinese officials is wrong? Or are you saying Mehdi should stop asking about Palestinian and Ukrainian sovereignty?
Peopel keep claiming Gao hasn't answered the questions. I understand it now. They mean he hasn't said the words they wanted him to say, so it justifies interrupting and asking again. Because, if you watched the video, he very clearly answers the questions, and his answers make complete sense.
@@TD1237 _Mehdi: Invading another country is bad?_ _Gao: Yes, always!_ _Mehdi: Was US invasion of Iraq bad?_ _Gao: Yes, USA very bad!_ _Mehdi: Was US invasion of Afghanistan bad?_ _Gao: Yes, USA very bad!_ _Mehdi: Was Russian invasion of Ukraine bad?_ _Gao: It's a complicated issue, we listen to all sides, we support sovereignty blah blah blah..._ You can't get more hypocritical than that.
Mehdi seems too much arrogant rude here while forgetting China is helping Palastine aswell. STOP INTERRUPTING WHILE THE OTHER PERSON IS SPEAKING MEHDI .. ITS IRRITATING ..
Why would China want to stop Russia when they know that after Russia collapse NATO is going to go for China😂 even 5-year-old boy understands that. 🤦♂️unbelievable. ⚖️
@@jeremytine well that's true. But at least let him say what he needed to say so that we can judge his response. There are alot of stuff that exist in a grey area and no simple yes or no answer could answer that. The hint is in the full answer that we never get the chance to listen to
@@jeremytine you're missing out an opportunity to learn and understand by not letting someone finish their sentence, even if you made up your mind it's not something you want to hear or if it's not the answer youre looking for.
@@jamesfrank2411 only if they are acting in good faith, which he was not by trying to deflect from answering. It wasn't that there was difficulty or nuance in the answer, it was purely not wanting to answer double speak which should always be confronted immediately.
He intervened because thee guest was clearly trying to steer away from the question and cleverly avoid it. But you would feel that too, if you tried to be objective and not pick a side.
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?
@@edwardhuang3751 it is because he was interviewing gao, not someone from USA genius, that would just be weird... He has laid into US mistakes previously, nor is aggression to Taiwan minor.
he definitely did not answer the question, he dodged the question. The question was if he condemned the invasion of Ukraine and his response was simply that he supports a ceasefire. Supporting a ceasefire doesn’t mean that you condemn the invasion. The US supports a ceasefire in Gaza, but it doesn’t condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza, because they’re two very different things. So he obviously didn’t like the answer because there was no answer
This Mehdi is somewhat crude and disrespectful. He obviously doesn't understand Chinese etiquette and culture. Why this guy bothered to be interviewed I'll never understand.
Somewhat? He was very rude and Victor Gao didn't need to sit down and take such disrespect. He's not a journalist, he's an activist for Ukraine and should've been called out on all his misuse of adjectives.
No he was not Crude. In fact, I wanted Mehdi to ask him a follow up question about Chinese incursion into my country, India or Nepal or Burma. But, I guess Mehdi did not ask about them, as the chinese guy might say all those are border disputes.
@@nmsingh72 The problem is that Victor Gao is NOT answering the questions despite repeated prompt from the interviewer so what’s the point of letting him finish his sentence?! He’ll just put up straw-man arguments and waste everyone’s time…
Mehdi asks him why his country is not respecting the sovereignty of Ukr. Gao says that from day one, they've called for a cesfire and respected their sovereignty. But before he could finish, Mehdi says "That's not what I asked". Then Gao tries to explain. Then Mehdi says "No, but why don't you support their sovereignty?" This despite the fact that Gao already said he does. But the ClA in the comments are claiming that Mehdi did a good job? I don't see how. He's not responding to Gao's factual statements, lgnoring them and then repeating the question. That's his interviewing style it would seem.
@@TD1237 you are lying about Mehdis question. He asked: "Why isn't the Chinese government supporting Ukraines sovereignty and terretorial integrity when it comes to OCCUPIED CRIMEA and the FOUR REGIONS in eastern Ukraine that Russia illegaly annexed". Gao immediatly dodged the question to talk about how China wanted a ceasefire, which was never the question to begin with and he NEVER condemed Russias annexation despite claiming he cares about national soverenity. Seems like us CIA agents at least have ears compared to you KGB agents.
@@TD1237 I watched from 0:40 and Mehdi answered witch "actually from day one China hasn't condemed the Russian invasion even once" which is correct even to this day. So China "supported Ukraine as a sovereign and independent country" by refusing to call out violations of its souvereign and independent borders? You are wrong.
So, which Western Countries condemned the illegal invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan by US and UK forces? Both were equally condemned by the UN and its Secretary General then, Kofi Annan, for breaching the UN charter and international law. Yet, no sanctions were ever applied against the US and UK for such breaches of international law. It seems that only Russia is condemned and sanctioned by the West for its illegal invasion of Ukraine. The only difference I can see is that the US and UK are better at invading and conquering countries, than Russia is. Russia does not have the military expertise and experience that both the US and UK have. THE LAW APPLIES TO ALL OR IT DOES NOT APPLY AT ALL!
I agree with you completely but unfortunately most politicians don’t have the balls to stand up to the USA even though their citizens don’t like what’s happening either 😢
Did America take a piece of their land and say that it was now part of America? Because that's what Russia is doing with Ukraine. It's literally taking land and annexing it to Russia, and now it is Russian's land. Quite the difference.
I would like to point out for some of the younger viewers that all of NATO was prepared to destroy the world after 9/11, with that said, the Israelis are making the same mistake (and worse) with an opportunity for revenge politics in the hands of another unfit corrupt leader.
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Nobody wanted to support Saddam Hussein that gasses his own people. I think that was major difference between.
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.
@@bekoroksinus laughing bc you believe all the Russian propaganda and deflect everything is the US fault, Russia and US did lot of wrong.... Do you really believe that NATO expansion was a threat to Russia? The countries asked to joined NATO, NATO didn't ask the countries to join.... they only want to be protected from Russia... Bc look Russia did the same with Georgia, they annexed a part of the territories bc of the pro Russian population... NATO is just an excuse for Russia expansionist … Russia themselves was interfering in Ukraine Politics much more than the US did so it’s hypocritical to blame everything on US
laughing bc you believe all the Russian propaganda and deflect everything is the US fault, Russia and US did lot of wrong.... Do you really believe that NATO expansion was a threat to Russia? The countries asked to joined NATO, NATO didn't ask the countries to join.... they only want to be protected from Russia... Bc look Russia did the same with Georgia, they annexed a part of the territories be of the pro Russian population... NATO is just an excuse for Russia expansionist ... Russia themselves was interfering in Ukraine Politics much more than the US did so it's hypocritical to blame everything on US
MEDHI HASAN is my new HERO . Too bad most journalists AREN'T LIKE HIM ... he hits people where they live and doesn't tolerate the BS , NOT ANSWERING the questions and dancing around the issue . Yowza ... this man is like lightning and I will be back looking for him and to follow his program . ❤❤❤ He IS ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ .
For the very least Victor Gao is very brave to face the hornet nest. Last time, we have the big mouth Nanci Pelosi wanting to visit Indonesia, on her way to Taiwan only to chicken out when we said, welcome we would like her to explain about the AUKUS. She was nowhere to be seen. It was very rude for her to announce that she was coming then disappeared without notice. Still, out of concern, we sent our Sukhoi to escort her plane, skimming our airspace from Singapore toward East Philippines. Alas, we didn't know that the sight of our Sukhoi terrified her. It was reported 8 harrowing hours for her. Oops, we didn't know that asking about AUKUS that we were not consulted about, would make her so spooked. For the very least Mehdi Hasan didn't give Victor Gao the chance to answer his questions. Nanci Pelosi didn't even give us the chance to ask the question. Way way more rude!
Mehdi's interviews basically go like this: Mehdi: Why don't you respect the fact that this hamburger is mine? Gao: Mehdi, from day one, I've been saying that no-one should touch your hamburger and- Mehdi: That's not what I asked. With all due respect, that's not what I asked. Gao: Mehdi, I acknowledge that the hamburger is yours. And as I was saying, from day one, I've been saying that no-one should involve themselves with your hamburg- Mehdi: Okay, okay. But why don't you respect the fact that this hamburger is mine?
_Mehdi: Invading another country is bad?_ _Gao: Yes, always!_ _Mehdi: Was US invasion of Iraq bad?_ _Gao: Yes, USA very bad!_ _Mehdi: Was US invasion of Afghanistan bad?_ _Gao: Yes, USA very bad!_ _Mehdi: Was Russian invasion of Ukraine bad?_ _Gao: It's a complicated issue, we listen to all sides, we support sovereignty blah blah blah..._ You can't get more hypocritical than that.
@flopoz2575 It's nothing like what you said. 😂 Replace "this hamburger is mine" with "Ukrne is a sovereign nation" and it's almost exactly the same as how the first question played out.
Is this even an interview like wtf is this? The entire interview was just about constantly interrupting Victor Gao. Even bought a bunch of so called "Uyghurs" speaking fluent English.
Well, that's the new face of Western journalism. Never give your opponents the space to express their opinions. For the very least we now know not to take Western journalism seriously.
He gave the Chinese man ample opportunity to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The man refused, because he's a wholly owned puppet of the authoritarian thugs in Beijing.
Mehdi's interviewing goes like this: Mehdi: Why don't you respect the fact that this hamburger is mine? Gao: Mehdi, from day one, I've been saying that no-one should touch your hamburger and- Mehdi: That's not what I asked. With all due respect, that's not what I asked. Gao: Mehdi, I acknowledge that the hamburger is yours. And as I was saying, from day one, I've been saying that no-one should involve themselves with your hamburg- Mehdi: Okay, okay. But why don't you respect the fact that this hamburger is mine?
What about the American invasion of America?🤗let’s answer that question because I’m sure the native Americans and Africans loved their sovereignty until they were invaded etc…
You can’t be blindly anti west. You have to judge each situation separately, and on its own merit. Both situations that Israel & Russia are causing are bad. However, yes, Israel’s body count is far worse therefore making it the worse atrocity between the 2.
I'm sorry, but I have to say that this is very naive of you. As if Mr. Gao would answer any question openly, no matter how much time you give him. After all, he knows what happens to people who don't answer in the spirit of President Xi Jinping. Any viewer of this interview who still does not understand this would not change his mind even if Mr. Gao admits the existence of concentration camps in China, for example.
@@flopoz2575His stance on that issue is good. But his conduct on these China related videos is like that of a child. He doesn't seem to understand the nuances of the situation. And when Gao tries to answer him, he interrupts and demands a one-word answer.
@@TD1237 He treats the interviewed Israeli officials exactly the same way as he treats mr. Gao here. He doesn't let them get away with half-answers and empty words without meaning. Have you considered, that perhaps it is not Mehdi who treats his guests differently, but rather you are biased and don't like his interviewing style when the result doesn't support your believes and fit your preconceptions?
@@flopoz2575If that's the case then he's not treating the lsraeIi person fairly either. Besides, China is not required to conddemn what is happening. Ever heard of the Tigray genie side? Sudan? Myanmar? Most countries don't involve themselves in these. This is because it would be at odds with their economic and political ties. This despite the fact that the aforementioned confIicts have been longer-running than the one being discussed, and are each of a much more serious nature.
