Jan 21, 2021
Given the mutual recriminations that characterize the sorry state of U.S.-China relations as of late, it is hardly surprising that China’s state media should pounce on the optics of U.S. democracy under siege earlier this month. The Jan. 6 “incident” has gotten ample coverage in the Chinese media, though, perhaps against expectations, much of the reporting has stuck to known facts and is generally fair and balanced. One glaring exception to the generally even-handed coverage of turmoil in the U.S. capital concerns an out-of-context quote by U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi that has been twisted to suggest she found beauty in the vandalism and violence in the riots that beset Hong Kong in July and August 2019.
Slamming the outgoing US President Donald Trump, state-run media outlet Global Times, citing Chinese experts, said on Wednesday that the changes that he has made to the China-US relations and international relations have been largely negative .
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Reuters
A wave of mockery erupted in China over the storming of the US Capitolon Thursday (Jan 7), with Chinese media and commenters comparing it with anti-government protests in Hong Kong and accusing Washington of hypocrisy.Supporters of the US President Donald Trump laid siege to Capitol Hill on Wednesday night in protest against Trump’s election defeat to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
The protesters were eventually ejected and, in the aftermath, police said they found two pipe bombs. One woman who tried to break through a barricade was shot and later died of her wounds. Three others – a woman and two men – died in separate “medical emergencies”, police said without giving further details.
Wuhan bids farewell to 2020 without looking back 2 minutes read
By Jesús Centeno
Wuhan, China, Dec 31 (efe-epa).- Life has returned to normal in Wuhan one year after the Chinese government informed the World Health Organization of mysterious cases of pneumonia in the city, whose residents now want to turn the page on one of their darkest periods.
In the final hours of 2020, a couple takes wedding photographs by the Yangtze River, dozens of people grab the ferry after clocking off for the day and a concert hall is packed with young people.
In the neighbourhood of Luxiang, home to university faculties such as the Science and Technology department, some 300 people cram into the Vox venue to watch local band Happy Wheel, who offer a blend of rock and electronic music. The majority of revellers are adolescents or university students.