Angela Merkel Condemns Charlottesville Violence as ‘Racist’ and ‘Evil’
United States said that Of course that country is torn,
Another article showed pictures of people holding torches under the words "Is this still America?" With relations between the United States
and China growing increasingly tense over issues like North Korea and trade, several commentators portrayed the Charlottesville episode as a sign of American chaos, contrasting it with the relative stability of China’s tightly controlled society.
14, 2017
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany denounced the deadly violence
that erupted around a demonstration by white supremacist groups in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend as "racist," "horrifying" and "evil," and called for far-right violence to be condemned worldwide.
In China, where the government often highlights social tensions in the United States as a way of undermining
democratic ideals, state-run news outlets prominently featured the violence in Charlottesville.
Merkel said that It is racist, far-right violence and clear, forceful action must be taken against it, regardless of where in the world it happens,
Unlike in the United States, where far-right extremists are free to brandish the emblematic red flags emblazoned with the black swastika
against a white circle, all Nazi symbols, including the stiff-armed "Hitler salute," are banned in Germany and Austria.
The chancellor declined to criticize the United States, noting that her own country still struggles with anti-Semitism and far-right extremists.