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BEIJING: China’s Internet erupted in jubilation over America’s troubled democracy after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, likening the chaos to Hong Kong’s 2019 anti-government protests.
On Thursday (January 7) morning, the state media tabloid Global Times tweeted side-by-side photo comparisons of Hong Kong protesters occupying the city’s Legislative Council Complex in July 2019 with the riots of the Wednesday in Washington.
The latter saw staunch Trump fans invade the US Capitol to protest electoral defeat, take selfies, fight security and loot parts of the building.
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“@SpeakerPelosi once referred to the Hong Kong riots as ‘a beautiful sight to behold,'” the Global Times said in the tweet, referring to the June 2019 comment by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. , on the massive pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, which were mostly peaceful at the time.
“It remains to be seen if she will say the same about the recent events on Capitol Hill.”
The Communist Youth League of China also described the unrest as a “beautiful sight” on the Weibo platform similar to Twitter.
The hashtag “Trump supporters storm the US Capitol” It spread across Weibo on Thursday, racking up 230 million views, as users compared global support for the Hong Kong protesters to the torrent of condemnation of the pro-Trump mob.
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“Today, all the leaders of European countries have shown double standards and condemned it (the Washington riots),” read a Weibo comment that garnered more than 5,000 likes.
“I don’t know what kind of double standard reporting the Hong Kong or Taiwanese media will carry this time.”
“What happened in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong last year is being repeated in the US Capitol,” wrote another user in a comment with more than 4,500 likes.
Hong Kong protesters stormed the legislature to demand democracy, a battle they appear to have lost when China installed a national security law, wiping out opposition figures and activists in mass arrests.
US President-elect Joe Biden said American rioters were undermining democracy by trying to reverse Trump’s defeat in the November election.
