{"id":3200,"date":"2025-04-09T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:00:19","slug":"china-slams-jd-vance-over-chinese-peasants-comment-amid-tariff-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3200","title":{"rendered":"China slams JD Vance over &#8216;Chinese peasants&#8217; comment amid tariff tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>China issued a sharp diplomatic rebuke to US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday after remarks he made referring to \u201cChinese peasants\u201d triggered widespread outrage on Chinese social media and reignited tensions between the world\u2019s two largest economies.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, speaking last week, defended President Donald Trump\u2019s new wave of tariffs by criticising global trade dependency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat has the globalist economy gotten the United States of America?\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by CNA (@channelnewsasia)<\/p>\n<p>The comments quickly went viral in China, sparking intense backlash online. A Weibo hashtag related to Vance\u2019s remarks had drawn more than 140 million views by Tuesday afternoon, with users mocking Vance and defending China&#8217;s technological and industrial progress.<\/p>\n<p>At a press briefing in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian directly condemned the vice president\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s both astonishing and lamentable to hear this vice president make such ignorant and disrespectful remarks,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese internet users responded with a mix of ridicule and patriotic rebuttal. Many pointed to China&#8217;s modern advances \u2014 including high-speed rail, AI innovation, and logistics infrastructure \u2014 as counterexamples to the \u201cpeasant\u201d image evoked by Vance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Loni Love (@comiclonilove)<\/p>\n<p>Some also shared memes depicting Vance and Trump working in factory lines, satirising their \u201cAmerica First\u201d manufacturing agenda.<\/p>\n<p>One widely liked post read:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe may be peasants, but we have the world\u2019s best high-speed rail system, the most powerful logistics capabilities, and leading AI and drone technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others highlighted the irony of Vance\u2019s background, noting that he rose to political prominence after publishing Hillbilly Elegy, a memoir about his working-class upbringing in Appalachia, marked by poverty and addiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis true \u2018peasant\u2019 who came out of rural America seems to lack perspective,\u201d said Hu Xijin, former editor of state-run Global Times.<\/p>\n<p>Vance\u2019s comments come just as Trump\u2019s historic tariff hikes take effect, further straining US-China relations and sending ripples through global markets.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has not issued a formal response to the diplomatic backlash, and Vance\u2019s office has not commented.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the fallout from the remarks is playing out on both diplomatic and digital fronts \u2014 underscoring how a single soundbite can inflame nationalist sentiment and further complicate an already delicate geopolitical standoff.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China issued a sharp diplomatic rebuke to US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday after remarks he made referring to \u201cChinese peasants\u201d triggered widespread outrage on Chinese social media and reignited tensions between the world\u2019s two largest economies. Vance, speaking last week, defended President Donald Trump\u2019s new wave of tariffs by criticising global trade dependency. 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