Pepper Spray Joke popular on Weibo

I am surprised that the image of Lt. Pike did not catch on in China. Chinese Internet Users Shrug at Pepper Spraying Cop - WSJ. A couple of my daughter's friends go to UC Davis, and she also has friends at UC Berkeley.

From the WSJ:

Meanwhile, a joke circulating widely on Weibo takes both governments to task (in Chinese):

Chinese journalist: “President Obama, how do you account for an American police officer using pepper spray on citizens?” Obama laughs: “Are you saying we should have used tanks?”