China's 'Sham Election' Narrative: The West's Convenient Amnesia on Coups and Destabilization
📰 THE STORY: The Telegraph claims China is 'propping up' Myanmar's 'brutal junta' and preparing for a 'sham election,' driven by Beijing's geopolitical interests and desire for stability in its border regions, despite the junta's human rights abuses. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The mainstream media consistently ignores the West's own extensive history of supporting,
instigating, and even actively carrying out coups and destabilization campaigns globally. In 1962, a military coup in Burma, now Myanmar, ended democratic rule. Decades of Western sanctions and isolation, supposedly to promote democracy, arguably pushed Myanmar closer to China and exacerbated internal divisions, creating the very conditions for military dominance. More recently, the US spent over
$2 trillion in Afghanistan over 20 years, only to leave it more unstable and allow the Taliban to return. Double Standard: Western media decries China 'propping up' a military regime in Myanmar, while the United States provides $1.3 billion annually in military aid to Egypt's Sisi dictatorship, which came to power through a 2013 coup and brutally suppresses dissent, including keeping the Rafah
crossing closed, facilitating the genocide in Gaza. Similarly, the US-supported 1973 coup in Chile installed Pinochet, who oversaw the disappearance of 30,000 citizens, with Kissinger later confessing to the CIA's role. Follow the Money: The underlying 'stability' China seeks is for its Belt and Road Initiative projects and resource access. However, this is presented as nefarious when China does