A former British diplomat has been accused of racism after he reportedly told students at Oxford University that “the Arabic mind is empty”.
Former UK ambassador to Saudi Arabia, from 2003 to 2006, and top HSBC executive Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles was speaking at a dinner at the university, when he allegedly said he wished he had learnt to speak Chinese, instead of Arabic, because China is apparently “more interesting” .
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