Violence in US Capitol reflects failure of leadership: Chinese state media Chinese government-run newspapers used the events to step up its war of words against the United States, with bilateral relations already at a low ebb amid tensions over trade, human rights and the COVID-19 pandemic Reuters | January 8, 2021 | Updated 08:05 IST US Capitol violence: Hundreds of supporters of President Trump besieged the Capitol on Wednesday 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. 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".