China: Beijing slams US response to Floyd protests as 'double standard'

W/S Spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian arriving at press conference, Beijing
M/S Journalist asking question
M/S Journalist asking question
SOT, Zhao Lijian, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson (Mandarin): "China doesn't interfere in the internal affairs of others. Meanwhile, people all over the world see what's happening in the US. US politicians should mind their own business."
M/S Journalists *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Zhao Lijian, China's MOFA spokesperson (Mandarin): "Why does the US glorify Hong Kong rioters as heroes and warriors while calling those US people who protest against racism 'rioters'? The US blames restrained and civilized law enforcement while threatening to shoot protesters and mobilising national security in the US. US practices are a world-famous double standard."
M/S Zhao speaking *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Zhao Lijian, China's MOFA spokesperson (Mandarin): "Who is incapable and who didn't take effective measures, let's let the numbers talk. The confirmed cases and deaths [in the US] are 1.8 million and 100 thousands, which are 22 times more than China."
M/S Journalist *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Zhao Lijian, China's MOFA spokesperson (Mandarin): "According to research from Columbia University, the US's delay of travel restriction measures has caused at least 36 thousand deaths. If the US government had implemented restrictions a week in advance, it could have saved 36 thousand lives. If they had taken travel restriction measures two weeks in advance, 83 percent, I want to emphasise, 83 percent of Americans who died from COVID-19 would have survived."
W/S Zhao leaving podium
SCRIPT
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson accused the United States of employing double standards by supporting Hong Kong protesters and quashing protests back home, during a press conference in Beijing on Monday.
"Why does the US glorify Hong Kong rioters as heroes and warriors while calling those US people who protest against racism 'rioters'?" said spokesperson Zhao Lijian. "The US blames restrained and civilized law enforcement while threatening to shoot protesters and mobilising national security in the US. US practices are a world-famous double standard" added the official.
He also commented on the numbers of COVID-19 cases in the US, citing a Columbia University study is saying that "the US's delay of travel restriction measures has caused at least 36 thousand deaths." "If they had taken travel restriction measures two weeks in advance, 83 percent, I want to emphasise, 83 percent of Americans who died for COVID-19 would have survived," Zhao added.