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.

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    5 days ago

    In over 50 years, I have never seen a worst accounting of ourselves.

    Our leaders, elected officials, are absolutely corrupt, inept, and eaten up with greed . They are diseased in their souls.

    They need to be jailed , now.

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      5 days ago

      It’s an excellent accounting by the person running the country. It’s going better than planned.

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      4 days ago

      In over 50 years, I have never seen a worst accounting of ourselves

      You should have taken the hints with the Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq invasions, but better late than never I guess.