Outgoing US ambassador to Japan calls China, North Korea and Iran ‘axis of autocrats’
[HKFP] - 01/10/2025
China, North Korea and Iran are part of an “axis of autocrats” and the United States and its allies are the “thin blue line” protecting democracy, the outgoing US ambassador to Japan said on Friday in a parting shot at Beijing. Rahm Emanuel has been a sharp critic of China’s economic and (…)
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