HK protests: China accuses US, Europe of double standards Beijing claims the US and Europe are practising double standards when it comes to the protests in Hong Kong, saying that the police have "never been soft hearted" when it comes to "violent elements in their own countries."\\n\\nhave been "protecting some of the violent people in Hong Kong and turned a blind eye to their violence, and the police in Europe and the United States have never been soft-hearted against violence in their own countries. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES from press conference