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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They have to be Russian plants or smt right? Nothing they do make sense otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I don't think it's Russia anymore, I think they are just Americans. Russian gov is probably laughing at the free clout they are getting from this ordeal.

I don't think America is what people think it is. Now or 20 years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Does he have to be an asshole to everybody? Even the way he speaks is like he talks down to people, it's just so cringe.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

You haven't even said thank you, once!!!!!!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

We owe Japan more than China, but the narrative we owe China sooo much comes from 20 years ago when they were our largest FOREIGN debtor. They were never clear about it and people thought we owed all the money to China. The US government's largest single debtor is the US government. It's too hard to wrap their mind around. The largest collective debtor is the public. Over 20 trillion of the debt is owed to the US public. This includes wealthy business entities, and individuals. China owns less than 5 percent of that, at under 1 trillion. Booga booga booga

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (34 children)

Those “peasants” are going to weather a tariff war far better than the “peasants” in the United States who are not used to the hardship and scarcity that will result.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe it's high time the Chinese "peasants" and US "wage slaves" did a little something something.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (8 children)

What the fuck is wrong with the GOP that this is who we have as VP? We have had guys who owned slaves in that gig who knew not to refer to other nation’s people as “peasants”.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

And shady vance was told to say this in the ongoing rich game of "Let's Tell Shady Vance What To Say!". Hillbilly Ugly should really try to get a mind of it's own.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vance -- that's the hillbilly guy, yeah?

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's fresh, coming from a guy that thinks getting a couch pregnant is the only way to repopulate IKEA's inventory.

[–] [email protected] 159 points 1 month ago

Poor man's idea of a rich man,

Stupid man's idea of a smart man,

Weak man's idea of a strong man,

Coward's idea of a brave man,

And a moronic voter's idea of a President (or Vice-president in this case).

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I’d say it’s ironic since vance literally became famous by celebrating American peasants, but for him it’s probably less about them being peasants and more about them being Chinese.

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