Michael Bloomberg apologises for Boris Johnson speech criticising China at event in Singapore

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BEIJING: Michael Bloomberg apologised last week at a business forum hosted by the news agency he founded for remarks by British former Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticising China as autocratic. The controversy highlights China's influence in Asia and sensitivities about overt criticism of Beijing.

BEIJING: Michael Bloomberg apologised last week at a business forum hosted by the news agency he founded for remarks by British former Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticising China as autocratic.

Bloomberg, a former New York mayor who ran for president in 2020, apologised on Thursday at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, a business gathering whose speakers included Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and whose delegates included Chinese businessmen. Referring to Johnson, Bloomberg said:"Those were his thoughts and his thoughts alone, not cleared in advance by anyone or shared with me personally ... To those of you who were upset and concerned by what the speaker said, you have my apologies."

“Let’s look at Russia and China, the two former communist tyrannies in which power has once again been concentrated in the hands of a single ruler, two monocultural states that have been traditionally hostile to immigration and that are becoming increasingly nationalist in their attitudes," Johnson said, according to his spokesman.

 

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How can CNA make mention of Lloyd Austin's criticism of Russia and China as believers in 'might is right' when it is his country that has manifestly displayed their might against smaller countries more than all other countries combined. Stop regurgitating western propaganda.

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