China goes online to mock 'beautiful sight' of US Capitol chaos
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. -AFP pic
BEIJING: China's internet erupted in mirth at America's troubled democracy after supporters of President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol, with Beijing criticising the "sharp contrast" between Washington's response to the chaos and the 2019 Hong Kong anti-government protests.
On Thursday morning, 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 Wednesday's Washington riots.
The latter saw hardcore Trump fans invade the US Capitol to protest the election defeat, taking selfies, scuffling with security and ransacking parts of the building.
"@SpeakerPelosi once referred to the Hong Kong riots as 'a beautiful sight to behold'," the Global Times said in the tweet, referring to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's June 2019 comment about Hong Kong's mass pro-democracy demonstrations, which at that time were mostly peaceful.
"It remains yet to be seen whether she will say the same about the recent developments in Capitol Hill."
China's Communist Youth League also described the unrest as a "beautiful sight" on the Twitter-like Weibo platform.
Beijing's foreign ministry echoed those sentiments, saying "the reaction of some people in the US, including that of some media outlets, is completely different."
Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that the "sharp contrast (in reactions) makes one ponder, and deserves serious and profound reflection."
The hashtag "Trump supporters storm US Capitol" pinballed across China's Weibo on Thursday, racking up 570 million views, as users compared the global support for Hong Kong's protesters with the outpouring of condemnation for the pro-Trump mob.
On Thursday morning, 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 Wednesday's Washington riots.
The latter saw hardcore Trump fans invade the US Capitol to protest the election defeat, taking selfies, scuffling with security and ransacking parts of the building.
"@SpeakerPelosi once referred to the Hong Kong riots as 'a beautiful sight to behold'," the Global Times said in the tweet, referring to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's June 2019 comment about Hong Kong's mass pro-democracy demonstrations, which at that time were mostly peaceful.
"It remains yet to be seen whether she will say the same about the recent developments in Capitol Hill."
China's Communist Youth League also described the unrest as a "beautiful sight" on the Twitter-like Weibo platform.
Beijing's foreign ministry echoed those sentiments, saying "the reaction of some people in the US, including that of some media outlets, is completely different."
Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that the "sharp contrast (in reactions) makes one ponder, and deserves serious and profound reflection."
The hashtag "Trump supporters storm US Capitol" pinballed across China's Weibo on Thursday, racking up 570 million views, as users compared the global support for Hong Kong's protesters with the outpouring of condemnation for the pro-Trump mob.
Members of the National Guard and the Washington D.C. police keep a small group of demonstrators away from the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. - AFP pic
"At present, all European countries' leaders have shown double standards and condemned it (Washington rioting)," read one Weibo comment which gained over 5,000 likes.
"I don't know what kind of double-standard reports will be carried by Hong Kong or Taiwan media this time."
"What happened in the Hong Kong Legislative Council last year is being repeated in the US Capitol," wrote another user in a comment with over 4,500 likes.
While the tactics were similar, there are stark differences in the causes and motivations of the two legislative stormings.
Hong Kong protesters broke into the Legislative Council to demand full democracy and halt an unpopular bill that was being pushed through by the city's unelected leadership.
Citizens of the semi-autonomous Chinese city do not enjoy full democratic rights, the cause of years of popular protests.
Beijing responded to the 2019 unrest with a crackdown, imposing a harsh security law on the restless city, arresting scores of critics and smothering dissent.
In contrast, those storming the US Capitol were trying to overturn the results of what has been declared a free and fair presidential election.
US President-elect Joe Biden has accused the US rioters of undermining democracy by trying to overturn his victory in November's election.--AFP
"I don't know what kind of double-standard reports will be carried by Hong Kong or Taiwan media this time."
"What happened in the Hong Kong Legislative Council last year is being repeated in the US Capitol," wrote another user in a comment with over 4,500 likes.
While the tactics were similar, there are stark differences in the causes and motivations of the two legislative stormings.
Hong Kong protesters broke into the Legislative Council to demand full democracy and halt an unpopular bill that was being pushed through by the city's unelected leadership.
Citizens of the semi-autonomous Chinese city do not enjoy full democratic rights, the cause of years of popular protests.
Beijing responded to the 2019 unrest with a crackdown, imposing a harsh security law on the restless city, arresting scores of critics and smothering dissent.
In contrast, those storming the US Capitol were trying to overturn the results of what has been declared a free and fair presidential election.
US President-elect Joe Biden has accused the US rioters of undermining democracy by trying to overturn his victory in November's election.--AFP
500 yo Bully needs to learn from 5,000 yo Bully how to deal with protestors and agitators. But even with 4,500 years headstart Tank Man @Tiananmen Square was a disaster....ha ha ha...
ReplyDeleteIronically the filming of the Tank-Man attempting to block a tank was an exhibition of Chinese compassion and tolerance by members of the tank squadron (when there was no threat to public lives and properties). But you wouldn't be able to pick that up, would you, wakakaka
DeleteBully compassion is in the form of T-52s vs flesh and blood....no tanks in Capitol Hill.....ha ha ha....
DeleteTank trooper showing compassion !
DeleteWow...such amazing creativity and hard work on behalf of your beloved CCP !
"Bully compassion" as reported by KT's trusted news source The Guardian...
Delete10,000 lives lost, but Bully-media try to show "compassion" by showing Tank Man being "spared"...Bully-propaganda....one man spared but thousands killed, but Gullible Guppies swallow...
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Tiananmen square anniversary: what sparked the protests in China in 1989?
Beijing brutally cracked down on pro-democracy demonstrators, killing as many as 10,000 people on 4 June
Protestors stand on a tank in the early hours of 4 June 1989, when China brutally cracked down on pro-democracy protestors in Tiananmen Square.
Verna Yu in Hong Kong
Fri 31 May 2019
What sparked the pro-democracy protests in 1989?
In April 1989, the popular reformist leader Hu Yaobang died. During the 1980s he had been a high-ranking Communist party official who had promoted economic and political reform, but was ousted by his conservative opponents. Two days after his death, on 17 April, several hundred students marched to Tiananmen Square and laid a wreath at the Monument to the People’s Revolution....
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a jerkie jerk, a cunnie sophist plus one mockie revisionist，the 3 ccp musketeers?
DeleteThe unending chorus of the resentments & lies rocketing out from the katak dwelling under a fart filled well!
DeleteThe funniest part is all these foul gaseous r fabricated via Western demoNcratic propaganda with the helps of these asslicking genuflecting doggies!
Talk about sophists! What's more than this bunch of tranced myrmidons of the west!
Jangan la harap for White-Ass-Lickers Bananas to pick up anything that smash their tight worldview of White Superemacy, hehe
DeleteSee in this video how the tanks in Tiananmen which swung from left to right to avoid that crazed man who suddenly stood in their way in front...he even scrambled up to the tank as one of his stunts, and finally, one bystander came to him and pulled him away. So much some speculation that he was 'flattened' by the tanks, as the Western media obviously hoped to foster.
Please read this article and watch the embedded video of the so-called heroic 'tank man'...be warned that some of the images are disturbing :
https://worldaffairs.blog/2019/06/02/tiananmen-square-massacre-facts-fiction-and-propaganda/
History is an interesting subject. One should check with reputable sources, e.g. the Britannica :
Deletehttps://www.britannica.com/event/Tiananmen-Square-incident
Many death is undeniable, the difference is the superlative exaggeration. Wakakakaka ............
With this January 6, 2021 event at the Capitol Hill, the American Century is now in the rear view mirror. The Chinese Century has officially begun.
ReplyDelete"Historians will look back and point to two crises that catapulted China forward: the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The West shot itself in the foot and let China catch up. Twice."
Too Big To Contain - How China Reached Escape Velocity
https://worldaffairs.blog/2020/12/27/too-big-to-contain-how-china-reached-escape-velocity/