Vice President JD Vance about the Chinese people’s comment on the Internet between the United States and China due to a back and forth commercial war.
“What did the global economy have on the United States of America? The answer is, mainly, depends on two principles – incurring a large amount of debt to buy things that other countries make for us,” Fans Lawrence Jones said on the “Fox & Friends” news program on April 3.
“To make it a little more clear, we borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy things that these Chinese peasants make,” Vans continued.
It took some time, but the interview of Virus Virus was via Chinese social media within the following weeks and drew a violent reaction. By April 7, the retail brand in Vans’s comments became a major topic on Weibo, the devastating social media platform in China on Twitter, and raised a total of more than 150 million views by April 18.
A spokesman for Chinese Foreign Ministry, Lyn Jian, responded to the comments during a press conference on April 8: “It is amazing and cheerful to hear this vice president making such ignorant and unauthorized notes.
The Internet extinguishing storm quickly followed, and anger against Vans, discussions related to American definitions on China.
in Dramatic On the customs tariff that achieved millions of views, Xia Paulong, a Chinese politician and director of the Hong Kong and Macau office, ended his speech by responding to Vans.
“These American peasants wander around the 5,000 -year -old civilization for the Chinese nation,” said Xia.
“Vans once said that the Chinese are” farmers. “This real” farmer “who came from the American countryside has some flaws in perspective. Hu xijinThe former influential editor -in -chief of the country -run by Global Times, in the Weibo Publication, discusses the possibility of separating the trade between China and the United States.
“See, this is their real face – rude as always as it’s always,” wrote one of the WEIBO commentators who achieved more than 3000 likes.
Others wrote, “We are the peasants, but we have the best high -speed railway system in the world, the most powerful logistics capabilities, the world’s leading artificial intelligence technology, drone technology, drone technology, etc.” Weibo commentator. “These peasants are still very strong.”
Some of the most intelligent commentators also pointed to the paradox in Vans’s comments, taking into account the roots of the working class as shown in his 2016 “Hillbillly Eleg”.
In the notes, Vans narrates a childhood characterized by poverty, abuse, and his mother’s struggle with addiction, and many of them who spent in Abalchia – a region that depicts it as neglecting the wealthy elites. The book was widely seen as attractive between the white working class and an explanation for the height of the billionaire.
“Vice President Vice, unforgettable”, a Chinese blogger wrote on Zahi isThe Chinese Chinese blogging platform, “I have a farmer!”
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