What Chinese People Think of Trump

[Anonymous]

Chinese weigh in on Donald Trump's campaign



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BEIJING -- In China these days, just Donald Trump's picture triggers opinions.



"He's a little bit crazy," one man told CBS News. Another said he thinks Trump would be "much tougher" on China.



Guan Xin takes clips from the campaign trail and translates them into Chinese. Then he posts them online with subtitles for his 370,000 followers on Weibo -- China's version of Twitter.



He said when he is going through the comments, people are talking much more about Donald Trump than the other candidates -- and the opinions range greatly.



"From a total liar and bigot, to the only truth-telling candidate," Guan said.



Just last fall, some people couldn't tell us the difference between Trump and Jeb Bush. Now, Trump's name recognition in Beijing has increased after he took so many high-profile jabs at China.



"I think his business actually needs China. I don't know why he says something very mean," one woman told us.



But even 7,000 miles away, the politics of it all are pretty clear: "I think this is kind of a strategy so he can win and maybe get some more attention."

[Anonymous]

Chinese weigh in on Donald Trump's campaign



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/campaign-2016-chinese-weigh-in-on-donald-trumps-campaign/">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/campaign-20 ... -campaign/">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/campaign-2016-chinese-weigh-in-on-donald-trumps-campaign/

BEIJING -- In China these days, just Donald Trump's picture triggers opinions.



"He's a little bit crazy," one man told CBS News. Another said he thinks Trump would be "much tougher" on China.



Guan Xin takes clips from the campaign trail and translates them into Chinese. Then he posts them online with subtitles for his 370,000 followers on Weibo -- China's version of Twitter.



He said when he is going through the comments, people are talking much more about Donald Trump than the other candidates -- and the opinions range greatly.



"From a total liar and bigot, to the only truth-telling candidate," Guan said.



Just last fall, some people couldn't tell us the difference between Trump and Jeb Bush. Now, Trump's name recognition in Beijing has increased after he took so many high-profile jabs at China.



"I think his business actually needs China. I don't know why he says something very mean," one woman told us.



But even 7,000 miles away, the politics of it all are pretty clear: "I think this is kind of a strategy so he can win and maybe get some more attention."

It's funny how he has gone from being unknown to being a big news story..



A nationalistic state owned media is to thank for that.

 

[The Donald]

Since China joined the WTO, Americans have witnessed the closure of more than 50,000 factories and the loss of tens of millions of jobs. It was  not a good deal for America then and it's a bad deal now. It is a typical example of how politicians in Washington have failed our country.



The most important component of our China policy is leadership and strength at the negotiating table. We have been too afraid to protect and advance American interests and to challenge China to live up to its obligations. We need smart negotiators who will serve the interests of American workers – not Wall Street insiders that want to move U.S. manufacturing and investment offshore.

[Anonymous]

China is using Trump's rise to show how dangerous democracy is.



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China uses Trump to make case against democracy



The Chinese government does its best to limit the free exchange of ideas in its country, but there's no doubt that the Chinese people are aware of democracy's existence. Officials occasionally like to remind China, however, that the rival form of government is far more trouble than it's worth.

 

And occasionally, Republicans in the United States offer convenient fodder that makes China's job easier. When GOP members of Congress shut down the federal government a few years ago, for example, state-owned Chinese media ran reports that said, in effect, "See? Democracy leads to chaos and instability." When Republicans launched their debt-ceiling hostage crisis in 2011, and threatened to crash the economy on purpose, China once again was only too pleased to tell its people about the tumult democracy brings.

 

As the Washington Post reported this week, with Donald Trump faring well in the GOP presidential race, China has brand new evidence to bolster their anti-democratic pitch.

Mussolini and Hitler came to power through elections, China's Global Times reminded readers Monday. Now an "abusively racist and extremist" candidate is on the rise in the United States, it says. Maybe democracy isn't such a good idea after all.

 

In an editorial Monday, China's state-owned Global Times newspaper used Donald Trump's rise to gloat about the fault lines in U.S. society and to argue that democracy was both a waste of time – and downright scary.

 

From the rise of a "narcissistic and inflammatory candidate" to the violence that surrounded his planned rally in Chicago, the paper said it was shocking this could happen in a country that "boasts one of the most developed and mature democratic election systems" in the world.

The point wasn't subtle: Trump's rise is powerful proof, the argument goes, that democratic systems aren't all they're cracked up to be. The Global Times' report added that Trump may yet lose, but the fact that he's already done so well has "left a dent" in the American political process.

 

In case this isn't obvious, the Chinese newspaper's perspective is self-serving and incomplete, and the idea that democracy is flawed because buffoons sometimes win primaries is hard to take seriously. Yes, when free people are allowed to choose their leaders in free elections, sometimes the process is messy, but that's hardly an argument in support of one-party rule and an abandonment of civil liberties.

[Anonymous]

China is using Trump's rise to show how dangerous democracy is.



http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/china-uses-trump-make-case-against-democracy">http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show ... -democracy">http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/china-uses-trump-make-case-against-democracy

China uses Trump to make case against democracy



The Chinese government does its best to limit the free exchange of ideas in its country, but there's no doubt that the Chinese people are aware of democracy's existence. Officials occasionally like to remind China, however, that the rival form of government is far more trouble than it's worth.

 

And occasionally, Republicans in the United States offer convenient fodder that makes China's job easier. When GOP members of Congress shut down the federal government a few years ago, for example, state-owned Chinese media ran reports that said, in effect, "See? Democracy leads to chaos and instability." When Republicans launched their debt-ceiling hostage crisis in 2011, and threatened to crash the economy on purpose, China once again was only too pleased to tell its people about the tumult democracy brings.

 

As the Washington Post reported this week, with Donald Trump faring well in the GOP presidential race, China has brand new evidence to bolster their anti-democratic pitch.

Mussolini and Hitler came to power through elections, China's Global Times reminded readers Monday. Now an "abusively racist and extremist" candidate is on the rise in the United States, it says. Maybe democracy isn't such a good idea after all.

 

In an editorial Monday, China's state-owned Global Times newspaper used Donald Trump's rise to gloat about the fault lines in U.S. society and to argue that democracy was both a waste of time – and downright scary.

 

From the rise of a "narcissistic and inflammatory candidate" to the violence that surrounded his planned rally in Chicago, the paper said it was shocking this could happen in a country that "boasts one of the most developed and mature democratic election systems" in the world.

The point wasn't subtle: Trump's rise is powerful proof, the argument goes, that democratic systems aren't all they're cracked up to be. The Global Times' report added that Trump may yet lose, but the fact that he's already done so well has "left a dent" in the American political process.

 

In case this isn't obvious, the Chinese newspaper's perspective is self-serving and incomplete, and the idea that democracy is flawed because buffoons sometimes win primaries is hard to take seriously. Yes, when free people are allowed to choose their leaders in free elections, sometimes the process is messy, but that's hardly an argument in support of one-party rule and an abandonment of civil liberties.

I am not surprised Seoul..



China often showed fights in Taiwan's legislature as an example to make the same point.

[The Donald]

I do not hate China, but the theft will not be allowed to continue when I am president.

[Twenty Dollars]

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Is fatso here gonna be your VP?

[Anonymous]

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Is fatso here gonna be your VP?

 

[The Donald]

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Is fatso here gonna be your VP?

I have not made a decision yet.

[cc]

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Is fatso here gonna be your VP?

Of course not. That's a job for a playboy bunny



He would make a good AG



You know, I keep thinking ... if Hilarious were to win, shudder, how will the worlds most famous enabler  deal with the most famous scene of debauchery,  "the Oval Office" ..... and for sure it and her long history of multiple-enabling would be on the mind of every single world leader invited there



I'm guessin the cigar humidor with be noticeably  absent  

[Thiel]

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Is fatso here gonna be your VP?

Of course not. That's a job for a playboy bunny



He would make a good AG



You know, I keep thinking ... if Hilarious were to win, shudder, how will the worlds most famous enabler  deal with the most famous scene of debauchery,  "the Oval Office" ..... and for sure it and her long history of multiple-enabling would be on the mind of every single world leader invited there



I'm guessin the cigar humidor with be noticeably  absent  

If Hilarious wins Bill will be the enabler. There will be more cigars and more young ladies with America's first [size=50]gay[/size] woman president.

[Anonymous]

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Is fatso here gonna be your VP?

Of course not. That's a job for a playboy bunny



He would make a good AG



You know, I keep thinking ... if Hilarious were to win, shudder, how will the worlds most famous enabler  deal with the most famous scene of debauchery,  "the Oval Office" ..... and for sure it and her long history of multiple-enabling would be on the mind of every single world leader invited there



I'm guessin the cigar humidor with be noticeably  absent  

If Hilarious wins Bill will be the enabler. There will be more cigars and more young ladies with America's first [size=50]gay[/size] woman president.

Hello Jimmy.

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It's funny how he has gone from being unknown to being a big news story..



A nationalistic state owned media is to thank for that.

 

Hi, Fash. I have always known Donald Trump because he has been making news for as long as I can remember, from his much-publicized divorce from Ivana to her entanglement with Marla Maples, he's been around so I don't consider him unknown.

[Anonymous]

It's funny how he has gone from being unknown to being a big news story..



A nationalistic state owned media is to thank for that.

 

Hi, Fash. I have always known Donald Trump because he has been making news for as long as I can remember, from his much-publicized divorce from Ivana to her entanglement with Marla Maples, he's been around so I don't consider him unknown.

In Canada and the United States, he has been known for decades..



But in China, he was unknown a year ago..



It seems Peking feels his tough on trade with China rhetoric is a little worrisome.

 

[Anonymous]

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Is fatso here gonna be your VP?

Chris Christy is capable and more than qualified, so I would hope so.