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.

  • Wanpieserino@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    That’s just because all the development happened in cities. It’s easier to educate people when they live in a place with more funding.

    In 2020 or so the income inequality in china was equal to that of USA. Meaning that rural places didn’t have sufficient funding.

    But now the gini is down to 0,36. Meaning that there’s more widespread funding.

    China seems to be willing. While the inequality in USA is by design to attract capital