Friday, May 29, 2020

China's State Media Compares Rioters In Minneapolis And St. Paul To Protesters In Hong Kong


Protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Hong Kong © REUTERS/Carlos Barria and REUTERS/Leah Millis

RT: Minneapolis ‘thugs’ vs Hong Kong ‘protesters’: Chinese paper accuses Trump of hypocrisy over riots

President Donald Trump has threatened to stamp out looting and riots in Minnesota with the military. However, his administration’s support for rioters in Hong Kong has drawn criticism from China’s most influential newspaper.

The death of an unarmed black man at the hands of two police officers in Minneapolis sparked a wave of rioting in the Minnesota city when a video of the incident was made public this week. Now, after three days of violence, looting and arson, President Trump has threatened to send in the military, warning the “thugs” involved that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ever get into a debate with a Chinese person and bring up Tiamen Square?

They I'll bring up Waco.

You reply that there is a difference in the number of people killed.

They'll say if you consider the population size of the countries involved it is equivalent.

RussInSoCal said...

Except that the rioters in South MLPS are doing there best to burn the city down and aren't being carted off en mass to prison camps.

Anonymous said...

Nope, they are just arresting them in ones and twos and taking them to prison.

America really is the shining city on the hill.

RussInSoCal said...

America is indeed the shining city on the hill. Except in virtually every filthy urban center. Which have all been run - for decades - by progressive Democrats.

/sort of ironic.