The western mentality I had to face when I first came to the UK, at the age of 7, i.e. buggered and battered till I was old enough, and violent enough to fight back.     This western mentality was about long before I got buggered, and will be about for decades to come, unless the UK is wiped off the face of this Earth.       I do not say this out of "pique" but the US will go oops we better stay at home,( as long as the UK is vaporised) and without the US Israel will vanish!     Hopefully this will allow the rest of the world to live in peace.   Lastly India has 16% of its population with HIV,(and climbing) that is why anybody with money is leaving India.     Jamie Beattie Retd. SatRat.

Re: double standards in the West. Blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng made a daring escape to seek refuge at the U.S. embassy in Beijing. Suddenly U.S.- China relations are strained. In order to avoid embarassing China during the U.S. Foreign Minister's visit, this couragous champion for the rights of women, whose voice is heard opposing enforced abortions and sterilizations, is told in no uncertain terms to leave the embassy for the timing is wrong and the U.S. could not possibly step on the totalitarian Chines government's sensitive toes.Talk about double standards. Let's speak up and tell both governments what we think of the torturous persecution of human rights activists in any country and of the hypocritical stance of so-called democratic nations who place business dealings over human lives. 
Chen Guangcheng needs to be allowed to continue his selfless service in a safe, protected environment, monitored by Amnesty International. His family needs to be safeguarded from any future persecution!
I propose a global referendum whereby every human being gets a vote and a say in whether unethical business dealings with countries that continue to perpetrate human rights abuses on either Tibetan monks, Yghurs, human rights activists, the mentally disabled, and so on, should be named, shamed, held to account or be prosecuted in the International Courts of The Hague.
The time has come to put human beings first and the mighty dollar last!

Let's say all you saying is true. There is nothing to redeem America for being divisive among non-yellow race. So, the US government has played into the Chinese hands. My hat off to Chinese.