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.

  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Examples please. Specific ones.

    but it works much better than suburban sprawl

    “Better” is always tied to a specific criterion, there’s nothing absolutely better than something else.

    • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml
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      5 days ago

      Sure, give me an example since you are the one who claimed it, and I’ll do the legwork for you on what it is today.