“Hong Kong is a democratization movement, America is a riot?”
Chinese netizens mocked American’double standards’
“The Pelosi office also has a beautiful view”
Supporters of the US President Donald Trump are climbing up the wall of the Washington Capitol to protest the final confirmation of the results of the elections by both Houses and Houses on the 6th (local time). Washington/Reuters Yonhap News
The intrusion of US President Donald Trump’s supporters into the Federal Capitol is drawing great attention as a real-time breaking news is delivered in China as well. In particular, compared with the 2019 Hong Kong protesters’ intrusion into the legislative assembly hall, there is a rush of ridicule and mixed reactions, saying, “At that time, it was a dazzling democratization movement, and the same thing happened in the United States, so why are you talking differently?” On Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, the’Trump supporter Lincoln Memorial Protest Rally’, which was searched by 1.35 million people as of 12 noon on the 8th, ranked 9th on the real-time hot issue. The previous day, as the state-run media, including the United States, delivered breaking news of the US situation,’Trump supporters’ intrusion of the US Congress’ emerged as a popular keyword, and the cumulative number of views of related articles reached 860 million times. Chinese netizens are particularly criticizing the American’double standard’ in comparison with the case where protesters invaded the legislative assembly during a protest against the Hong Kong Repatriation Act in July 2019. Some netizens posted a scene where U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the time supported the Hong Kong protesters and said it was a “beautiful sight,” as well as photographs of the US protesters raising their legs on the desk in his office. “A’beautiful sight’ was also seen in Chairman Pelosi’s office. It is unfolding,” he wrote. Some netizens highlight the discriminatory response of the American police to black and white protesters. One netizen wrote, “Isn’t it necessary to bring a policeman who pressed the neck of a black protester with his knees,” along with a picture of Trump supporters who flocked in front of the Lincoln Memorial in front of the Lincoln Memorial to protest by waving flags marked “American First”. Another netizen said, “Fight for Trump,” along with a video of protesters shouting, “The Chinese people also support from across the sea that Emperor Trump can defeat Biden. Long live Emperor Trump.” The Chinese state media also responded similarly. “Regarding the intrusion to the Capitol Hill, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called it a’lawless riot’ and insisted that’the riot participants should be punished promptly.’ But when the same thing happened in Hong Kong, he was’with Hong Kong citizens. He pointed out that the protesters who broke into the legislative meeting have emphasized that they support freedom of expression. Sun Yi, a professor at the Institute for International Relations at Fudan University, said, “The United States has been interfering with other countries with the superiority of its own political system,” saying, “The United States has been a’lighthouse of democracy’.” Is broken.” Correspondent from Beijing/Inhwan Jung [email protected]