Hua Chunying, spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, pointed out the "sharp contrast" between Washington's response to the chaos at the U.S. Capitol and the Hong Kong anti-government protests in 2019. At a press conference on Thursday, she said that some U.S. media used to describe riots in Hong Kong as "beautiful scenes" while now associate those Trump's supporters with extremists and infamy. The reason behind the contrast is worth thinking about.