<p>The storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump reflects a failure of leadership as well as the deep divide running through American society, editorials in China's state media said on Friday.</p>.<p>Hundreds of supporters of President Trump besieged the Capitol on Wednesday in what House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi described as "an armed insurrection against America".</p>.<p>The Global Times, a tabloid run by the People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party newspaper, described the riots as a sign of "internal collapse" in the U.S. political system that could not easily be reversed.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/live-updates-us-capitol-lockdown-trump-rally-dc-protests-congress-joe-biden-republicans-936050.html"><strong>For latest updates on US Capitol violence, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>"The unprecedented mob in the Capitol, a symbol of the US system, is the result of the US society's severe division and the country's failure to control such division," it said.</p>.<p>"As time goes by and with abuses of resources by generations of politicians, the US political system has degraded," the paper added.</p>.<p>It also lashed out at what it described as "double standards" among US politicians.</p>.<p>"In Hong Kong, violent actions are described as a 'beautiful sight,' in the U.S., people involved in this chaos are called 'mobs'," it said.</p>.<p>The official China Daily newspaper said the "narrow nationalism" of President Trump had taken a toll on the United States.</p>.<p>"If the Biden administration can draw lessons from the 'darkest day' in US history, the pain the country experienced these days may come to be viewed as growing pains," it said.</p>.<p>"The violence and chaos that have erupted in the US over the past year show what happens when a country's leaders lose touch with reality," it added. </p>
<p>The storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump reflects a failure of leadership as well as the deep divide running through American society, editorials in China's state media said on Friday.</p>.<p>Hundreds of supporters of President Trump besieged the Capitol on Wednesday in what House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi described as "an armed insurrection against America".</p>.<p>The Global Times, a tabloid run by the People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party newspaper, described the riots as a sign of "internal collapse" in the U.S. political system that could not easily be reversed.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/live-updates-us-capitol-lockdown-trump-rally-dc-protests-congress-joe-biden-republicans-936050.html"><strong>For latest updates on US Capitol violence, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>"The unprecedented mob in the Capitol, a symbol of the US system, is the result of the US society's severe division and the country's failure to control such division," it said.</p>.<p>"As time goes by and with abuses of resources by generations of politicians, the US political system has degraded," the paper added.</p>.<p>It also lashed out at what it described as "double standards" among US politicians.</p>.<p>"In Hong Kong, violent actions are described as a 'beautiful sight,' in the U.S., people involved in this chaos are called 'mobs'," it said.</p>.<p>The official China Daily newspaper said the "narrow nationalism" of President Trump had taken a toll on the United States.</p>.<p>"If the Biden administration can draw lessons from the 'darkest day' in US history, the pain the country experienced these days may come to be viewed as growing pains," it said.</p>.<p>"The violence and chaos that have erupted in the US over the past year show what happens when a country's leaders lose touch with reality," it added. </p>