China lashes out at JD Vance for calling Chinese people ‘peasants’ | CNN
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China on Tuesday slammed US Vice President JD Vance for referring to the Chinese people as “peasants” in an interview that has drawn widespread ire and ridicule on China’s internet – and comparisons with Vance’s own self-proclaimed “hillbilly” background.

Summary

China condemned JD Vance on Tuesday for calling Chinese people “peasants” in a Fox News interview, where he said, “To make it a little more crystal clear, we borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture.”

The Chinese Foreign Ministry labeled the remarks “ignorant and disrespectful.”

The backlash exploded on Chinese social media, garnering 140 million Weibo views.

Critics mocked Vance’s own “hillbilly” background and pointed to China’s advanced tech and infrastructure, highlighting rising tensions amid Trump’s trade war.

  • TooManyFoods@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    We owe Japan more than China, but the narrative we owe China sooo much comes from 20 years ago when they were our largest FOREIGN debtor. They were never clear about it and people thought we owed all the money to China. The US government’s largest single debtor is the US government. It’s too hard to wrap their mind around. The largest collective debtor is the public. Over 20 trillion of the debt is owed to the US public. This includes wealthy business entities, and individuals. China owns less than 5 percent of that, at under 1 trillion. Booga booga booga