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.

  • Fluke@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Ehhhhhhh…

    I don’t disagree that the “western hemisphere” is a corrupt, increasingly fascist, capitalist hellhole…

    China aren’t known for their stellar human rights record either. Uyghurs, Tibetans, anyone that jokes about Winnie the Pooh’s lookalike, etc.

    Let’s not pretend either side is righteous here, every single one of us is getting fucked, it’s just a matter of degree and direction.

    • AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml
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      4 days ago

      Uyghurs, Tibetans, anyone that jokes about Winnie the Pooh’s lookalike, etc.

      If you think the nazis Americans are bad, wait until you hear what they have to say about the soviets chinese!