The New York Times reports:
Beijing has denounced Vice President JD Vance’s rhetoric as “ignorant” after he said the United States was borrowing money from “Chinese peasants” in a television interview last week.
“China’s position on Sino-U.S. economic and trade relations has been made very clear,” said Lin Jian, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, during a news conference on Tuesday. “It is surprising and sad to hear the vice president say such ignorant and impolite words.”
China has remained defiant in the face of the Trump administration’s tariffs and the latest threat from President Trump of an additional 50 percent tariff on Chinese goods unless Beijing reverses its retaliatory levies on U.S. imports. China’s Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday accused the United States of “blackmail,” and said that Beijing would “fight to the end.”
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JD Vance calls working class people in China “peasants.” We know that is what the arrogant prick/millionaire Vance thinks of working class Americans as well https://t.co/pr9bes6c8p
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#FirstpostAmerica: Vice President JD Vance is facing intense backlash after referring to Chinese citizens as “peasants” during a TV interview defending the Trump administration’s new tariff policies. @EKH2016 tells you more. pic.twitter.com/mQDPhDmSGu
— Firstpost (@firstpost) April 7, 2025
China’s foreign ministry comes out strongly against Vance for his ‘Chinese Peasants’ remarks – Calls it ignorant and impolite! pic.twitter.com/IoLVRztNKb
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) April 8, 2025