I find myself agreeing more with the critics on this, and especially with respect to what you point out in the mismatch between rhetoric and action. Though honestly I think even the Chinese and Russian governments would be surprised by the degree of sincerity some of their most aggressive defenders attribute to them in anti-imperialism! Not as if their ambivalence on Gaza/warm relationships with Israel have been hidden all this time..!
I find myself agreeing more with the critics on this, and especially with respect to what you point out in the mismatch between rhetoric and action. Though honestly I think even the Chinese and Russian governments would be surprised by the degree of sincerity some of their most aggressive defenders attribute to them in anti-imperialism! Not as if their ambivalence on Gaza/warm relationships with Israel have been hidden all this time..!
That's a great point, and I am also surprised by how committed and zealous the defenders are!