Chinese state media said the Taliban takeover was “smoothly smoother than the US president’s transition”

• According to Chinese official media, the “transfer of power” in Afghanistan is smoother than that of the US president.
• The opinion was made on Twitter by Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Chinese state media Global Times.
• Hu cited posts on the Chinese version of Twitter, Weibo, which compared the riots in the Capitol with the takeover of the Taliban.
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Chinese state media mocked the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan, saying that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan was “smooth” than the transfer of power to the U.S. president.

On August 15, the editor-in-chief of “People’s Daily” Hu Xijin posted this opinion on Twitter. Global Times, Chinese official media.

Hu refers to a post on the Chinese version of Twitter Weibo.

People post saying Taliban takeover More “peaceful” U.S. Congressional Riots January 6. The Capitol Building, Siege building, Smashed and damaged property, and Forcing legislators into lockdown.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Leaving Afghanistan for Tajikistan On August 15, his presidential palace was opened to the public Taliban fighters enter Kabul. Sunday, the warrior Was seen in the presidential palace, Holding an offensive weapon and posing behind the table.

Ghani became president in 2014, Post on Facebook while he is away, Saying that he “thinks it is best to leave” to avoid the “blood flow” in Kabul, The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.

The Taliban are now ready to officially Grasp state power again And declare it Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan After a complete U.S. withdrawal and U.S. diplomats evacuated.

“What a joke. Today in Kabul, the takeover of the new government is more stable than when the United States replaced the president,” wrote A Weibo user named Chen Zhen.

Some Weibo users also teased Blame game Currently unfolding Bidenandtrump card Who should be responsible The Taliban quickly occupied major cities in Afghanistan, To make predictions about “what will happen next” in American politics.

1 user with ID DiGuaXiongLaoLiu wrote“The script should be like this from here. The first step: Trump asks Biden to resign and be responsible for Afghanistan. The second step, Biden refuses to resign, and the states that support Trump will say that if Biden does not resign, They will leave the United States! The third step is to disband the US government two years later and become the US-Russian government.”

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