Trump, Tiananmen and the Chinese exile divide over the Capitol siege


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A former student leader draws parallels between the crackdown in 1989 and the storming of the US legislature The outgoing president is popular among dissidents who applaud him for standing up to Beijing A former student leader draws parallels between the crackdown in 1989 and the storming of the US legislature. Several prominent Chinese dissidents have doubled down on their support for US President Donald Trump, comparing those who stormed Capitol Hill in Washington last week to the Tiananmen Square student protesters in 1989. Some also repeated unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud and staged riots meant to pin the blame...