And so officials seek to distract people from their economic woes with ideological posturing and anti-Western rhetoric.
As a result, anti-Western (particularly anti-British) rhetoric has increased.
Despite the bloodcurdling anti-western rhetoric of the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi, he knows that his oil industry depends on foreigners, including Americans.
There is a clear connection between China's recent anti-Western rhetoric and its escalating verbal condemnation of and military threats against Taiwan.
The Communist Party, seeing as it was allied with several Western powers, focused on patriotic propaganda rather than anti-Western rhetoric.
(2) The recommendations were based on a task force report that contains a good deal of deeply objectionable antiwhite and anti-Western rhetoric.
He could suddenly let fly with revolutionary or anti-western rhetoric, and you would wonder whether you could actually negotiate with him.
Chávez is attempting to enhance its role within the region with the aid of oil funds and anti-western rhetoric.
The anti-Western rhetoric is designed mainly for local consumption.
China then lessened its anti-Western rhetoric and began developing formal diplomatic relations with West European nations.