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I found this: https://www.state.gov/participant-list-the-summit-for-democr...

Wow, I was surprised to see that Sri Lanka was not on the list. Does anyone know the story behind that? Also, Nepal and Bangladesh are missing. That is also strange. All of them are certainly (proud) democracies!



Why would a “Summit on Democracy” matter other then to show who the US are pals with and which ones (by omission) would rather be pals with other (opposing) powers?


It is all about China.

They also somehow managed to censor Audrey Tang of Taiwan (another computer scientist turned politician) live on video-link.

Just goes to show how carefully orchestrated all this is.


Woah! AT (Audrey Tang) [1] is an amazing person. For those unaware, she is a "minister without portfolio for digital affairs" (a mouthful!) in Taiwan. I tried to Google about this but couldn't find anything. Can you share a link?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/13/us-appears-to-...

US appears to cut video feed of Taiwanese minister at summit




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