The string of recent actions taken by the #US against China are aimed at stoking ideological confrontation and reviving the #ColdWar in the 21st century. It feels like that the specter of #McCarthyism is resurfacing in the US.
In the 1950s anti-communist hysteria, the Chinese community in the #US was suspected as "spies". Over 20 mln people had to go through "screening". Even kids had to sign a "loyalty oath". "Find reds under the beds" describes such insane paranoia.
The witch-hunt among Chinese scientists and harassment&detainment of Chinese students in the US are reminiscent of McCarthyism. Acting on the basis of race&ideology and hyping up the "red menace", the US politicians try to define China-US relations with ideological confrontation.
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