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.

  • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com
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    6 days ago

    Mainland PRC has no entries after 2016 for the UN site.

    The London Prison studies one has an estimate for 2018, and says based off of UN data.

    On 百度 I get mixed figures, from 3900 and another states At least 700 a year, but I also think it’s talking more globally.

    Doesn’t seem to be public government statistics, like the UK or EU gov data sites, which would be nice to check things out and show to the rabid anti-China folks.