Somebody should tell Yen that protests can be riots too. And that there's a good chance that many of the rioters were provocateurs on his side in support of the Chinese government. You know, like right wingers who infiltrate and riot at a BLM protest, for instance. It happens of course to give more ammunition to the media, politicians et al who like to label all BLM supporters as vandals.
The Academy oughta can him.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”