Many keen observers of America and its democratic system must be shocked by many unfortunate events related to Presidential elections and the Republican-Democrat rivalry. These developments gave many reasons to believe that this Presidential election is going to be remembered as the saddest chapter of the US democratic history. But few would have taken note of the extraordinary cohesion, comradely coordination and collective wisdom demonstrated by the same political rivals on some issues related to common national agenda. Voting patterns and floor coordination between the two rival parties in both houses of the US Congress on both laws which were passed in support of human rights of China’s two restive colonies Xinjiang and Tibet during peak months of Presidential election presented the other side of the American democracy.
Opinion: New US-China cold war on Tibet and take-aways for India
By Vijay Kranti
The tone and temper of two latest laws of USA on Tibet and Xinjiang show that the US-China honeymoon is over an we should be ready to witness a new phase of US-China cold war. Extraordinary coordination between Republicans and Democrats in both houses of the US Congress to push these bills through even during peak days of their animosity indicates that Joe Biden may not be as soft to China as believed. The Tibet bill has many take-aways for Indian too.
Many keen observers of America and its democratic system must be shocked by many unfortunate events related to Presidential elections and the Republican- Democrat rivalry. These developments gave many reasons to believe that this Presidential election is going to be remembered as the saddest chapter of US democratic history. But few would have taken note of the extraordinary cohesion, comradely coordination and collective wisdom demonstrated by the same