If only saints can point out the bad behaviors of others then you're going to be living in a pretty crappy society.

It is OK to hold the US and China responsible for their actions without associating them

The hearings would've concluded far more quickly if they we're held in China, that's for certain.

Hearings? lol, he’d have vanished in the middle of the night and that’s it

I totally agree. Democracies have their own ways of persecuting people...

The evil part of hypocricy is not pointing out and criticizing evil.

There is no hypocrisy in calling out bad behavior.

At least they should clean their own house first. Let say by punishing everyone who participated in or voted for wars and voted for politicians who voted for them...

So if I post something criticizing China's policies towards, say, Tiawan or the Uyghurs, I must include some criticism of a random terrible US policy or I'm a hypocrite? Do I need to also include a criticism of, say, Russia's policies towards the Ukraine or is it only the US?

You must criticise every single injustice on Earth at once, or we just cannot take you seriously.

(I shouldn't have to point out that was sarcasm, but I fear I need to, these days.)

Yeah, whataboutism is pretty common on HN, unfortunately.

I know it's a pretty common troll tactic on Reddit and Twitter, it's a shame to see it here.

This depends. When it is reported as a news or one simply wants to discuss details sure there is no need to bring other's wrongdoings.

But when it is used as at least partial propaganda (and it often does) in line of "look at good us and bad them" or comes from the government / affiliates then they better look in the mirror first. One thief has no standing criticizing the other. The fact that one had stolen $1000 and the other went for $2000 does not make much difference.