catalan: Photo AFP Similar protests, different reporting tactics, according to Global Times China. Western media, once boisterous on Hong Kong riot s, is now trying to play down the Catalan protests in Spain which share many similarities with Hong Kong riots, and this serves as ironclad evidence of their 'double standards' and deviation from real journalism, observers said. Catalan separatists burned barricades and clashed with police in Barcelona on Thursday. The Global Times reporter spotted thousands of protesters arrive in Barcelona on Friday, as unions called for a general strike. Many Catalan protesters chanted We are going to do a Hong Kong on social media and copied Hong Kong rioters' move to occupy and stifle the airport, leading to cancellation of 45 flights on Monday. Protests have recently turned violent, with at least 33 people arrested and 46 police officers injured in a third night of violent street protests in Barcelona on Wednesday.
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