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“Beautiful Sight”: China Goes Online To Mock US Capitol Chaos


US Capitol Breach: Donald Trump followers invaded the US Capitol to protest election defeat.

Beijing:

China’s web erupted in mirth at America’s troubled democracy after supporters of President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol, with Beijing criticising the “sharp distinction” between Washington’s response to the chaos and the 2019 Hong Kong anti-government protests.

On Thursday morning, state media tabloid International Occasions tweeted side-by-side photograph comparisons of Hong Kong protesters occupying the town’s Legislative Council Complicated in July 2019 with Wednesday’s Washington riots.

The latter noticed hardcore Trump fans invade the US Capitol to protest the election defeat, taking selfies, struggling with safety and ransacking elements of the constructing.

“@SpeakerPelosi as soon as referred to the Hong Kong riots as ‘a stupendous sight to behold’,” the International Occasions mentioned within the tweet, referring to Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi’s June 2019 remark about Hong Kong’s mass pro-democracy demonstrations, which at the moment had been largely peaceable.

“It stays but to be seen whether or not she is going to say the identical concerning the current developments in Capitol Hill.”

China’s Communist Youth League additionally described the unrest as a “lovely sight” on the Twitter-like Weibo platform.

Beijing’s overseas ministry echoed these sentiments, saying “the response of some individuals within the US, together with that of some media retailers, is totally totally different.”

Talking at a press briefing Thursday, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying mentioned that the “sharp distinction (in reactions) makes one ponder, and deserves critical and profound reflection.”

The hashtag “Trump supporters storm US Capitol” pinballed throughout China’s Weibo on Thursday, racking up 570 million views, as customers in contrast the worldwide help for Hong Kong’s protesters with the outpouring of condemnation for the pro-Trump mob.

“At current, all European nations’ leaders have proven double requirements and condemned it (Washington rioting),” learn one Weibo remark which gained over 5,000 likes.

“I do not know what sort of double-standard experiences can be carried by Hong Kong or Taiwan media this time.”

“What occurred within the Hong Kong Legislative Council final 12 months is being repeated within the US Capitol,” wrote one other person in a remark with over 4,500 likes.

Whereas the techniques had been related, there are stark variations within the causes and motivations of the 2 legislative stormings.

Hong Kong protesters broke into the Legislative Council to demand full democracy and halt an unpopular invoice that was being pushed via by the town’s unelected management.

Residents of the semi-autonomous Chinese language metropolis don’t get pleasure from full democratic rights, the reason for years of fashionable protests.

Beijing responded to the 2019 unrest with a crackdown, imposing a harsh safety regulation on the stressed metropolis, arresting scores of critics and smothering dissent.

In distinction, these storming the US Capitol had been attempting to overturn the outcomes of what has been declared a free and honest presidential election.

US President-elect Joe Biden has accused the US rioters of undermining democracy by attempting to overturn his victory in November’s election.

(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)

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