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Over 70 years ago, when the United States was haunted by the notorious McCarthyism awash with vilification and frame-up, the American society was ripped apart and stuck into an ideological bigotry against communism.
Recently, the spectre of McCarthyism has appeared to resurface in the western public opinion sphere, with a motive to instigate ideological antagonism and confrontation against China.
Christian Mestre, a French professor from the University of Strasbourg, has recently been forced to step down from his post as the ethics officer of the Strasbourg Eurometropolis because of his academic relations with and alleged service for China, which was fiercely bashed and distorted by some French media outlets and anti-China politicians.
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