Beijing scolds Vance for ‘Chinese peasants’ comment as tariff feud escalates

Published April 8, 2025 12:09pm ET



The Chinese Communist Party is upset with Vice President JD Vance after he asserted that his country is borrowing money from “Chinese peasants.”

Beijing’s complaints stem from an interview the vice president gave to Fox News last week in which he defended President Donald Trump’s tariff policy as a method of deglobalizing the U.S. economy.

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