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
@@johncorr7154 LMAO the only people who use the word tankies unironically are themselves mostly extreme racists who hate the Chinese for merely existing. Hasan isn't being fair by literally repeating talking points made by racists who have no evidence apart from an extreme racist named Adrian Zenz
Israel is committing a proven genocide, with hundreds of thousands of deaths. For you to equate that to... What, the ravings of some racist named Adrian Zenz? America has satellites that can photograph a car plate, can't even prove even one accusation on china. Hypocrites the lot of you
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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 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?
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.
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.
It's quite simple that China doesn't condemn Russia the way it condemned USA invading Iraq. First of all China supports any forms of sovereign integrity from division. Then China understands that Russia has its national security concern over NATO countries progressing throught East Europe right in front of it. In the case of USA invading Iraq however, USA used a false statement that WMD was evident in Iraq, lied to the UN members, and killed a lot of civilians.
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.
@@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.
@@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 😂
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?
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.
As an American , I condemn the Israel war crimes. I also condemned the Iraq invasion and Afghanistan invasion. I also condemn the Russian invasion and condemn the one china policy. There you go, why can’t victor condemn the Russian invasion? Is it too much to ask of a citizen of china?
@@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.
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!
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
@@mmarques2736 you obviously follow the fake news media. If you knew the truth, you wouldn’t be asking this dumb question. Or you’re a hired bot to perpetuate the Ukraine deep state lies, brought to you by the CIA & MI6 👍🏻 Go do your own research. Sorry, I don’t have time to teach people.
Russian Ukraine case is not purely a sovereignty issue. If it is then NATO and all military alliances should be condemned because they constituted security threats to the neighbouring countries.
@@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
@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.
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 ..
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.
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.
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.
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
Mehdi should know better than to just pretend this invasion happened in a vacuum, like 2014 didn't happen, like nato expansion and antagonisms didn't put putin in a position where he was likely to make an extreme decision. But he's unfortunately more concerned with gotchas. He's literally doing what piers morgan does to him on gaza
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.
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.
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…
@@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
@@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?
The question makes me feel sick! He just wants listen what he wants,black or white? Right or wrong?But the truth is everything isn’t that simple,especially in geography politics.From different side you will get totally different answers.Ukraine gets what they want,I don’t feel sorry for them but those who had nothing to do with politics were caught up in is innocent.
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.
Not professional. How is this even considered journalism. All we see is Mehdi grandstand and making it all about himself "oh i'm against all these other bad things, and i think this is an invasion, which i condemn, so now i won't allow you to engage with the question's material and instead constantly interrupt and try and get a viral gotcha moment to increase my views on shortform video format social media and improve my net worth". This kind of behavior is why China has given up on even sending diplomats to receive western business leaders at their airports. I don't blame them.
As a Ukrainian who lived in Qatar before, I feel sometimes that East (Middle east) is so in love with russia, that they forget that we are a sovereign country and russia attacked us, not the other way around. Al Jazeera's been pro-russian, so this is refreshing. Thank you for asking this. And being persistent.
You omit the fact that Ukraine had been attacking (killing) ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking Ukrainians who rejected the US coup in 2014 for 8 years and that Ukraine refused to implement the Minsk Accords, which were the only path to peace. You also omit to mention that Ukraine effectively chose war with Russia, as confirmed by Zelensky's former advisor, Alexey Arestovich. The simple fact is that Russia did every thing could to avoid conflict but was pushed into a corner by the US/NATO (and Ukraine).
@childofeternity are you one of them? Cuz me being russian speaking Ukrainian, who was in that region a day before russian forces came in in 2014, didn't see any russians being oppressed or targeted. They spoke ukrainian very well, they literally had protests to get russians out and get Ukraine back in. And ever since russian forces never stopped firing at Ukrainian territory. Check your sources before you say nonesense like that.
Stupid interview that doesn't base on fact of what is actually happening.. Mehdi should be in United Nation and ask all the world leader instead of asking someone who cant make any decisions, he will be roasted like a BBQ there with his arrogance and so call self righteous.
Politics is not black and white. It’s easy for us viewers and general public to ask “do you condemn”. Please just answer “yes or no”. But in reality, you can’t expect China to say they condemn. Even though we all know everywhere everyone has a double standard. Look at Israel and Palestine. Have you heard any US pressing to condemn the conduct of Israel government and military?
@@tidusfantasy exactly! China only cares about moral grandstanding if it is also in their business interest and abandons its values if they have to condemn a trade partner like Russia.
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?
Victor Gao again being funny! He just wants to condemn the wrong doing of his non-allies while he supports the wrong his allies and if China benefits from it.
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.
Simply the worst take possible, as IF Russia - and of course China - were not SURROUNDED by US military bases, special forces training insurgent militias and under sanctions/embargos meant to cripple their economies. All acts of war that would be considered provocations by the US if it were subjected to the same. India is so exploited, and instead of collaborating with the ones who can seriously bring them up to speed to help their own people, they're busy kissing the USA's CEOs, as if. Mehdi and his Zeteo lost me on this bad take.
Nice that you mentioned India, because it is surrounded my chinese military bases and ports but refrains from starting a war with China. Also what makes you think chinese CEOs aren't just as exploitative as in any other country in the world?
Why won’t America condemn Israel occupation of Palestine 🇵🇸?
For the exact same reason China won't condemn and continues to support (indirectly/covertly) Russia's assault of Ukraine.
@@paskowitzit’s not the same
@ummyahya3965 it's exactly the same.
Only different.
Why Arab support US???
@@ummyahya3965 its not the same at all medhi needs to stop talking about russia/ukranie, its offensive to the palestinian cause
Why is US supporting Israel
Because Palestinians are harboring terrorists that are threats to the sovereignty of isreal
Should it support murderers and hostage-takers instead?
@@Torch4ya why should it support thieves who steal peoples land, property, homes and rights from them just because of their birthplace?!?!
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
Tf They have to do with Palestine?? Nothing
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
Many are little pinks or wumao most likely. Masters of whataboutism 🙄
@@bassicdiego well, Palestine activists will throw anyone under the bus and many others will use Palestine for the same purpose
@@johncorr7154 LMAO the only people who use the word tankies unironically are themselves mostly extreme racists who hate the Chinese for merely existing. Hasan isn't being fair by literally repeating talking points made by racists who have no evidence apart from an extreme racist named Adrian Zenz
Israel is committing a proven genocide, with hundreds of thousands of deaths. For you to equate that to... What, the ravings of some racist named Adrian Zenz? America has satellites that can photograph a car plate, can't even prove even one accusation on china. Hypocrites the lot of you
What about sovereignty and territorial integrity of palestine?
Whatabout whatabout whatabout
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What about you shut up
@@islamicreminders3090 whatabout whatabout
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Allah himself testifies that he has a son and he is the son as Christians understand it! Only the Koran writer was too ignorant to know what Son of God means! Allah's word which created everything is Allah himself too! *The Word Allahs which created everything is the Son of God according to Christianity!*
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!
You must be living under a rock if you think India doesn't get pressured about it like every other day
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
Why won't America condemn Israel?
They should, shouldn't they? And China should condemn Russia, shouldn't they?
@@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.
*NATO
@@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.
For God sake,Just let him speak!!!
'cause he ain't answering the question. He's dodging
The hypocrisy!
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How is there any hypocrisy here
Please explain?
Every time you ask pro palestine to condemn hamas.. 1:40... Same answer
@@kevinhanratty8202Condemns American invasions but won't condemn Russian invasions. How do you not understand that this is hypocrisy?
Bravo to Victor. He gave the same answer the US gives when asked to condemn the Israelis.
So, in other words, he’s just as bad as them? 2 wrongs don’t make a right
So the Chinese are hypocrites.
@@adlerzweilearning from the grand master, US.
@@Clarahalfstone77that doesn't help resolve things nor is it something to be proud of
@@ktjones1362 I know, right?
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.
that's a democrat for you lol jokesters
Yep, really bad form. I hate it too. 👎
The interviewer was very arrogant. Mr. Gao should have warned him for such irresponsible behavior on his face.
He’s clearly dodging the question
@@superdupeninja8149Question? What question? That joker already made his mind for the answers.
Condemn it because the USA said so! Do it!
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.
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 😢
No he is forcing Gao to actually answer questions honestly and won’t accept his bs anymore!
He's from the west. He probably marches for gay rights and Just Stop Oil. He's a propagandist.
Because he's on CIA payroll and doesn't care about answers
@@thearmchairjournalist566He literally said that they supported their sovereignty and urged for a ceasfire. But Medhi suddenly interrupted him. You're clearly not paying attention.
Who placed missiles on Russia's border?
no one?
Your mom
The Ukrainians...?
It was Ukraine's government who did that
@@mrpineapple7666 Are you suggesting that Ukraine can't put anti-air missiles on their own border?
It’s sad to see that this man is the face of Britain in 2024.
Why? Does Britain have no need for Jester
@@billyroot2 and he looks like Indian descendant
Bizarre comment! The man he is interviewing is certainly the face of China right now as he very represents their position.
And? What of it?
Mehdi's version of "Do you condemn Hamas"
Difference being; Mehdi is consistent on both Israel & Russia
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
When you ask a question, you want the question answered and not danced around. Mehdi does this to every guest which doesn't provide clear answers..
@@ss4jBCha0s exactly 😂 these people just don’t want to see the reality
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.
.. people are entitled to answer as they wish.
Medhi is copying piers morgan.
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
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?
lol the guy just did, did you not watch the video? he won't condemn ruzzia because they are buddies.
@@jeremytine Making a big deal out of China minor aggression towards Taiwan while making a brief criticism of the US is not the same.
@@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.
@@jeremytine The guy is not China - he is merely one of 1.4 billion.
@@peterelliott2914 keep lying to yourself... He is part of a think tank with strong CCP ties.
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.
That is habibi journalism
This is so uninformative it hurts. Then he's just badgering this person.
Its "gotcha" journalism, basically gutter journalism. The same kind Piers Morgan practices.
He said the words for every American invasion, but not Russias invasion.
It's hypocrisy.
Don't make excuses for him
It is exposing China's blatant hypocrisy on the issue of Ukraine. That is exactly what journalism should do.
This time I think Mahdi wasn’t fair when he did not allow the guest to give his full response.
He didn't even try to answer Mehdi's questions, just wasting the audience's time and disrespecting their intelligence
Let me guess. Chinese bot 😂
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
Repeating a propaganda line that deflects attention from the question is not a response.
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.
This person was hypocritical.
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.
@@simple-eastner No problem asking questions, but at least give the person a chance to reply. That was my only point.
@@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…
Why you can't say about Gaza and Palestinians
We are tired of that
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?
It’s rightfully because Ukraine isn’t individual, there’s a gangs behind with who knows what intention.
@@mfundomkhonta7500 and we are tired of Ukraine also
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.
@@flopoz2575No-one said this. Spreading misinformation just demonstrates how desperat you are to be right.
Hate button for this journalist who never let someone to answer his question.........
The Journalist gave him a ton of chances to answer. Its just Gao who do not answer directly 😂
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 😹
@GeeJay1971 "BuT vICtOr GaO dIdN't AnSwEr HiS qUeStIoNs". Even though he did answer them. Idk if half of these Mehdi supportees even watched the video
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
RUBBISH.
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.
It's quite simple that China doesn't condemn Russia the way it condemned USA invading Iraq. First of all China supports any forms of sovereign integrity from division. Then China understands that Russia has its national security concern over NATO countries progressing throught East Europe right in front of it. In the case of USA invading Iraq however, USA used a false statement that WMD was evident in Iraq, lied to the UN members, and killed a lot of civilians.
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 😢
Boy your thinking is screwed up and your full of lies on Russia 😢 BOT
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.
Nobody wanted to support Saddam Hussein that gasses his own people. I think that was major difference between.
I still would have liked to hear what the Chinese fella had to say, before Mehidi kept interrupting him over and over.
because he won't answer a straight yes/no question
@@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
@@jamesfrank2411 letting politicians deflect never serves anyone but the politician
@@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.
Huge respect for Chinese representative.
Bro has the Patience of a saint, I personally would have just left.
Please,he isca clown😂 he didn't even aswer question ...
Huge respect for being a hypocrite?
How can you respect that man? What's wrong with you?
@@nearby222For real. It's like how arguments used to go with my little brother...
Mehdi you have to let someone speak, you don't allow someone to answer
😂😂😂 Because he knows Iraq invasion is completely different than Ukraine who is inviting NATO on Russia borders
Mr. Mafia of Tunis, that is because he knows Victor Gao will just try to deflect...
@@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 😂
@@thearmchairjournalist566 it doesn't matters, sooner or later, nato would be useless, it's an old order in a new world
@@thearmchairjournalist566 nato was never going to let Ukraine join
Pls don’t copy Piers
@@syedalehasnaatshah For Mehdi; this is kind of disappointing I must say.
@@relaxwithmaureen214Agreed. I didn't realize this is the kind of man he was.
@@relaxwithmaureen214Agreed. I didn't realize this is the kind of man he was.
Try asking an American politician to condemn Israel
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?
Whataboutism. You heard about Hasan getting fired, right?
A pointless, simplistic ‘gothcha’ exercise. Is this what ‘win every argument’ about?
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.
Why can't you force America to condemn Israel war crimes
As an American , I condemn the Israel war crimes. I also condemned the Iraq invasion and Afghanistan invasion. I also condemn the Russian invasion and condemn the one china policy. There you go, why can’t victor condemn the Russian invasion? Is it too much to ask of a citizen of china?
You condemn Israel as an American, not your Govt. Victor Gao is an Govt employee of China. I hope you got the point
Arabs should stop bothering Israel
@@user-lh9jo3tp1x So USA, aka NATO should stop bothering Russia
@@obaidullahsujon2842 I would. I am pro Israel and pro Russia.
If the word condemnation could solve something as big as and invasion then I condemn my phone bills 😅
@@alialttaszawari3317 i don't understand the need to hear others condemn something. It's like children at a playground creating cliques.
@@magmarmtn I agree and a lot of times people will just say it but hardly abide by it so it’s rather superficial.
@@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.
@@alialttaszawari3317 u use the phone , pay your bills .
Free plestine I want justice
What about John Wayne?
@@petrcipernysorry pilgrim
So does Medhi Hasan. And Al-Jazeera, in case you somehow have never seen them say anything about it.
He can't say it because you keep interrupting him.
Why is he forcing words out of Victor's mouth .... that is unacceptable
Those words are now politically correct
Exactly. I don't understand why the western so called Ieftists are defending this. It is clearly not getting us anywhere.
You are to hars to him dear lady, I am a bavard
I confes, i confes anyting, God save me
Was China heard? Hostile host suppresses thought outside his limited scope. Let us see the guests opinion. Right or wrong.
Thank you. But people in the comments claim that preventing him from speaking is somehow good.
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!
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
You’re on the wrong side of this one Mehdi. You are not seeing Cleary. This means you still don’t see the evil that this empire US is.
Lool, what are you saying??? Not condemning Russia is the right side of history???
@@mmarques2736 you obviously follow the fake news media. If you knew the truth, you wouldn’t be asking this dumb question. Or you’re a hired bot to perpetuate the Ukraine deep state lies, brought to you by the CIA & MI6 👍🏻
Go do your own research. Sorry, I don’t have time to teach people.
Condemning both is the right side of history not just one of them, both of them.
USA never tried to annex Ukraine. Russia on the other hand.....
You know you can be anti-imperialist for multiple countries, right?
No he isn't. You are, lol.
This guy not letting him speak
@@mosesvijay4189 it was foolish to behave like that in front of that audience. I would walk out. He couldn't let the Chinese man speak.
Cause every word came from the Chinese man sound stuid
Lies coming from the Chinese crooked glasses wearing individual are obvious. Why not simply answer the question. @@simon5887
He did. Do you understand English?
@@boogiewoogie9770 yeah asks a question and interrupts with another before he finish what he's saying? That's not letting him speak. boogie man
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
What about John Wayne?
Free Ukraine and Palestine!
Love from Ukraine!
Thank you for asking these questions!
DO you condemn israli occupation and invasion of Palestine, lebanon etc?
No, Hamas and Hezbollah started the war they bear the consequences for everything that happens afterwards
Russian Ukraine case is not purely a sovereignty issue. If it is then NATO and all military alliances should be condemned because they constituted security threats to the neighbouring countries.
@ how
@@Heisenberg69691 hamas and Hezbollah didn't even exist back in 70s. But the apartheid regime israel did so what's your excuse now
He was like a kid who was messing around, constantly interrupting each other, and the whole interview was very noisy.
That's the format of the interview. Everyone, including Victor knew that, except you.
@@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
Becose the chainise try to anderstand when is notting to understend
@@howell5499 Lack of education? but allowing someone to philibuster while avoiding a question, thats the educated way?
@@QuantumR4ge they dont learn about socrates versus empty rheotric over there
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? 🤔
They did exactly that in the past. Mehdi has a short-term memory.
Fortress? What century is this?
china bot lol
Mexico
@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.
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 ..
Shunchaki subbatdoshi dovdirab qoldi 😅. Nima haqida gapirishni biroz o'ylayapti 😂
.Mehdi sucks in western philosophy
They only do so because it's against America's interest.
Clearly China only cares about it's own territory and no one else's.
He has an Arab body but his brain is made in England
They’re definitely not helping Uyghurs. Enough double standards.
The interviewer was very disrespectful to the Chinese person....
.
Lol how so? Because he didn’t let him spew CCP bullsh$t?
Nah, so exposing how China lies now disrespectful? 😂
Great journalist on great channel
Ahahhahhahahahhaha
We see right through this, the English guy so disrespectful….
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
Same as US won't condemn Israel
The Self Chosin Peaple can dam right
What kind of Piers Morgan is this? 😂
@@enriqueorganis
Love it!
Thanks for the giggle. I might borrow it in the future. 🕊️
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.
I know right. Lost all respect for him.
The journalist must try to listen
First answer the question.
medhi often takes the view of a stupid liberal, but sometimes hes extremely insightful, quite annoying
@GeeJay1971 He did answer. If he didn't say what you wanted him to say there's nothing we can do
Mehdi is sounding more like Pierce Morgan let your guests speak Gao didn’t even utter a word you were speaking over him 🤦🏾♂️
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.
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.
He answered it clearly the first time. You wasted time just because you dislike the way he answered
No, he does not answer clearly. He is asked a yes or no question, he evades the question, if he condems the invasion. He doesnt answer it.
How is " why doesn't china condemn....' a yes or no question? You are part of the problem dude..@@xcvb213
He was dodging the question.
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
He refused to answer the follow up question. Do you understand English?
Mehdi should know better than to just pretend this invasion happened in a vacuum, like 2014 didn't happen, like nato expansion and antagonisms didn't put putin in a position where he was likely to make an extreme decision. But he's unfortunately more concerned with gotchas. He's literally doing what piers morgan does to him on gaza
Mahdi , you’re playing Piers Morgan now. You should know as a journalist why Russia attacked Ukraine.
He knows! It's because Russia is an imperialist nation that doesn't care about Ukraines soverenity
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.
@@creepmon1786At around 0:40 he says "From day one, we've supported Ukrne as a sovereign and independent country".
So exactly as I said.
@@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.
Seymour Hersh-Jeffery Sachs-Brian Berletic-Aaron Mate-Max Blumenthal-Einar Tangan-Martin Jacques-Lijinjing-Tian Wei.. CGTN The Point-Hub-Heat
Shame on Mehdi Hasan
For what reason? For exposing the truth 😂
Hate this badgering style of interview … interrupting and forcing a statement.
Medhi can you stop talking over him you sound like a brat
He has to, otherwise Victor would never get to the point and waste every minutes.
He was dodging the question.
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.
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…
This Mehdi is just a mouth piece of the West
No
You don't know much, do ya?
The man he’s interviewing is just a mouthpiece for CCP and Kremlin.
Mehdi is a supper good guy and a adorable journalist 💐🙏👍👍👍
Coz he is neutral, he also says he condemn America and condemn russia.
One thing I can conclude from this is the Chinese speaker is polite and respectful. The opposite can be said abt the other speaker.
this bllsht question.......russia is right.... the invasion not right.... but all US fault 100%
😂😂
@@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
Source: trust me bro
You cant put words in others mouth.....al jazeera ..dont do interviews like this
Did you miss the fact that China does not condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? My guess: You didn’t really. But keep pretending!
Victor don't owe anyone an explanation
What was that, Mehdi must have the same pay master as Piers Morgan now
Exactly. "Do you condemn Hammas.... "
I completely agree. What a bs way to practice journalism
His playing devils advocate
So asking for consistency is an issue for you?
@@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?
The question makes me feel sick! He just wants listen what he wants,black or white? Right or wrong?But the truth is everything isn’t that simple,especially in geography politics.From different side you will get totally different answers.Ukraine gets what they want,I don’t feel sorry for them but those who had nothing to do with politics were caught up in is innocent.
Why is America supporting Ukraine and Israeli.? 😢
Why most of Africa support russia aend mercenraries to russia but than cry that Ukraine should send food to africa cause you starving??
@@DanyYnady lol, which Africa is starving? Only those African countries which are at war and those wars supported by America or Europe.
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?
Exaclty, spot-on. 🤣
_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 Nice hypothetical scenario. Unfortunately, that's not how the interview went.
@@yoshikage3074 I've got a news for you buddy, it didn't went as you wrote either. But it was much closer to what I wrote.
@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.
Not professional. How is this even considered journalism. All we see is Mehdi grandstand and making it all about himself "oh i'm against all these other bad things, and i think this is an invasion, which i condemn, so now i won't allow you to engage with the question's material and instead constantly interrupt and try and get a viral gotcha moment to increase my views on shortform video format social media and improve my net worth". This kind of behavior is why China has given up on even sending diplomats to receive western business leaders at their airports. I don't blame them.
Palestine should be free
@@Blanray Definitely will be free.
Do you not watch Al-Jazeera?
The interviewer does not want to have an interview.
This reporter should ask the U.S government that questions
This man is auto-gavner; and the inner dialog is unknown for him, so is lonly
Poor interview Al-Jazeera. Why do I need to look up other channels to hear what your guest's answers to your questions are?
As a Ukrainian who lived in Qatar before, I feel sometimes that East (Middle east) is so in love with russia, that they forget that we are a sovereign country and russia attacked us, not the other way around. Al Jazeera's been pro-russian, so this is refreshing. Thank you for asking this. And being persistent.
You omit the fact that Ukraine had been attacking (killing) ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking Ukrainians who rejected the US coup in 2014 for 8 years and that Ukraine refused to implement the Minsk Accords, which were the only path to peace. You also omit to mention that Ukraine effectively chose war with Russia, as confirmed by Zelensky's former advisor, Alexey Arestovich. The simple fact is that Russia did every thing could to avoid conflict but was pushed into a corner by the US/NATO (and Ukraine).
@childofeternity are you one of them? Cuz me being russian speaking Ukrainian, who was in that region a day before russian forces came in in 2014, didn't see any russians being oppressed or targeted. They spoke ukrainian very well, they literally had protests to get russians out and get Ukraine back in. And ever since russian forces never stopped firing at Ukrainian territory. Check your sources before you say nonesense like that.
The interviewer is a jerk of the worst kind. Al Jezeera should be ashamed.
For real. Really lets down the channel
no
Medi who pushed Russia-gate and is a simp for the US Democrat party really dropped the ball in this interview.
Russia gate was real and they are doing it again 😂
This is coming from a life long Republican from the great state of South Carolina!!
@@ryanwalters6184 The idiotic conspiracy is real as are the idiots who believe it, lol.
The Host has no decency and respect for the guest, at least give him time to react and reply without interrupting every sec
Wow, he cant even answer a simple question.
neither do usa about israel
Chainise righting is base on image, so for them it is isy to them to discriminate reality between abstract constructs
Stupid interview that doesn't base on fact of what is actually happening..
Mehdi should be in United Nation and ask all the world leader instead of asking someone who cant make any decisions, he will be roasted like a BBQ there with his arrogance and so call self righteous.
Politics is not black and white. It’s easy for us viewers and general public to ask “do you condemn”.
Please just answer “yes or no”.
But in reality, you can’t expect China to say they condemn. Even though we all know everywhere everyone has a double standard. Look at Israel and Palestine. Have you heard any US pressing to condemn the conduct of Israel government and military?
yes
He was able to give a straight "yes or no" to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Did we watch the same interview?
@@creepmon1786 because china has no stake in these places
@@tidusfantasy exactly! China only cares about moral grandstanding if it is also in their business interest and abandons its values if they have to condemn a trade partner like Russia.
Exactly. Why people don't understand this simple fact is beyond me.
Victor should simply state that Ukraine is none of China’s business.
Ease up, Mehdi. Ur looking desperate with ur constant interruptions.
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.
He didn't even try to answer Mehdi's questions, just wasting the audience's time and disrespecting their intelligence
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?
@@yoshikage3074 No it doesn't
@@Shih47That is literally how the first questiom went lol.
Victor Gao again being funny! He just wants to condemn the wrong doing of his non-allies while he supports the wrong his allies and if China benefits from it.
Victor Gao, please walk away this kind of interview.
l get where you coming from, but walking out would only give the already brainwashed to conclude as a defeat.
not 'every' invasion is the same, as far as causes, motivations.. the host is practically pushing the guest to express 'western' bias, on ukraine..
I hate this new form a journalism where people think trying to speak over your guest is an interview. Let the guy answer
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.
Why America has to do A for BRICS to do B. If you claim to be better, BE BETTER!
The clown is not letting him answer.
Mr. Gao is the perfect guy to explain things as they are,
Simply the worst take possible, as IF Russia - and of course China - were not SURROUNDED by US military bases, special forces training insurgent militias and under sanctions/embargos meant to cripple their economies. All acts of war that would be considered provocations by the US if it were subjected to the same. India is so exploited, and instead of collaborating with the ones who can seriously bring them up to speed to help their own people, they're busy kissing the USA's CEOs, as if. Mehdi and his Zeteo lost me on this bad take.
Nice that you mentioned India, because it is surrounded my chinese military bases and ports but refrains from starting a war with China. Also what makes you think chinese CEOs aren't just as exploitative as in any other country in the world?
Exactly. China's not in the wrong in this case. No country is innocent but Mehdi is just throwing around proper gander.
the host thinks he's winning but its not
he cant accept victors answers.
Mehdi is the piers morgan of al Jazeera 😂😂😂😂😂
and you are?
Unfortunately, yes, you're right.
You know how delusional someone is by this sort of statements
Big up to the reporter. That is not often you see someone that persistent and tough yet respectful. The Chineese are embarresing.
Mehdi shut up and let Gao talk. It's obvious that was a farce Medhi's objective was to bully Gao