China has slammed US vice president JD Vance for referring to the Chinese people as “peasants” in an interview that has drawn widespread reaction on China’s internet, and comparisons with Vance’s own self-proclaimed “hillbilly” background. Speaking to Fox News, Vance defended President Donald Trump’s market-hammering tariffs. He said they borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said it’s astonishing and lamentable to hear Vance make such ignorant and disrespectful remarks.
China lashes out at JD Vance for calling Chinese people ‘peasants’