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Kristin Huang

China has accused the United States of double standards for praising protesters as heroes in Hong Kong but labelling demonstrators as rioters in America.
Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for Chinese foreign ministry, said on Monday that protests in Hong Kong and in the US had different forces.
He said that during the Hong Kong protests “internal and external forces acted outrageously to split the country, subvert the regime and organise terrorist attacks”.
“These pro-independence movements and black-clad mobs severely endangered national security,” he said.

“Why did the US glorify the so-called pro-independence forces in Hong Kong as heroes, but call the protesters disappointed with racism in the US rioters?
“Why did the US criticise the very restrained Hong Kong police but shoot its domestic protesters and even mobilise its National Guard troops?”
Mass protests have been staged across the US after an African-American man died in police custody in Minneapolis.
Chinese state media says US demonstrations are ‘beautiful’
George Floyd died on May 25 after a white police officer was seen kneeling on his neck for several minutes despite the suspect shouting “I can’t breathe.”
The officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
So far, the US has faced six days of protests – and some of the largely peaceful daytime demonstrations have descended into violence at night.
In Louisville, Kentucky, one man was shot and killed when police and the National Guard opened fire after a violent confrontation between a group gathered in a supermarket car park and law enforcement trying to disperse the crowd, according to the Washington Post.


Police arrested about 4,100 people in US cities over the weekend, according to Associated Press.
Zhao urged Washington to face the deep-seated racial problems in the US.
“This incident reflected how severe the problem of racism and police brutality is in the US, and how urgently these problems need to be solved,” he said, adding that it should protect minorities’ legal rights.
The wave of protests in the US has prompted many Chinese social media users to repeat accusations that the US played a role in the social unrest in Hong Kong last year.
“The US cannot manage its internal affairs well, how come it can interfere with other countries' domestic affairs?” asked one user on the Weibo platform.
Tear gas fired, arrests made as thousands protest against Beijing’s planned national security law for Hong Kong
Another wrote: “The protesters are making their appeals in a peaceful way, and I urge the US government to respect their human rights.”
Hong Kong’s protests started in June last year over a now-withdrawn bill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to mainland China.
The bill was withdrawn in September but anti-government demonstrations continued and became increasingly violent.



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A protester confronts police in Tuscon, Arizona. Photo: AP

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A firework explodes near a police line as demonstrators protest the death of George Floyd near the White House in Washington. Photo: AP

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Police work to keep demonstrators back during a protest in Lafayette Square Park on May 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Across the country, protests were set off by the recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota while in police custody, the most recent in a series of deaths of black Americans by the police. Earlier today, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was taken into custody and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

A demonstrator is detained by Atlanta Police during a protest, Saturday, May 30, 2020 in Atlanta. Demonstrators took to the streets across the United States to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

A protester vents at a line of Tucson Police Officers in riot gear at Cushing Street and Church Avenue early on Saturday, May 30, 2020 in Tucson. The protest in Tucson was similar to those in numerous cities across the United States following George Floyd's death while in custody of the Minneapolis police on Memorial Day in Minnesota. (Josh Galemore/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

A Los Angeles Police Department kiosk is seen ablaze in The Grove shopping center during a protest over the death of George Floyd, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles. Protests were held in U.S. cities over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

A vehicle burns near New York's Union Square Saturday, May 30, 2020, as police confronted protesters in the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day, May 25. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Journalists covering US George Floyd protests find themselves under attack

A journalist is seen bleeding after police started firing tear gas and rubber bullets near the 5th police precinct following a demonstration in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo: AFP

(FILES) In this file photo a medic protestor assists a member of the media after police started firing tear gas and rubber bullets near the 5th police precinct during a demonstration to call for justice for George Floyd, a black man who died while in custody of the Minneapolis police, on May 30, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. - Journalists covering nationwide protests over the death of a black man at police hands in Minneapolis have found themselves under attack, by police and at times by protesters. The arrest and handcuffing May 29, 2020 of a black CNN journalist by police in Minneapolis -- even as he was reporting live on camera following the death of George Floyd -- may have drawn the widest coverage. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

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Foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing says Washington hailed Hongkongers as heroes for taking to the streets, while protesters at home were labelled rioters
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Foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing says Washington hailed Hongkongers as heroes for taking to the streets, while protesters at home were labelled rioters.


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