China lashes out, says 'peasants in the United States' will suffer from trade war

Beijing's top official in Hong Kong explodes over JD Vance's comment on 'Chinese peasants' amid tariff dispute

Danielle Wallace FOXBusiness

A Chinese official lashed out against the Trump administration on Tuesday, reportedly stating that the "peasants in the United States" will suffer from the trade war. 

Xia Baolong, the director of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office under the State Council, criticized tariff policies levied by the Trump administration as "extremely shameless." 

Appearing to address past remarks by Vice President JD Vance, Xia said "Let those peasants in the United States wail in front of the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization," according to Reuters. 

Vance told Fox News last week that the "globalist economy" in the U.S. is based on the principle of "incurring a huge amount of debt to buy things that other countries make for us."

"To make it a little bit more crystal clear, we borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture," Vance said in an interview, defending Trump's plan to revitalize U.S. manufacturing. "That is not a recipe for economic prosperity. It's not a recipe for low prices, and it's not a recipe for good jobs in the United States of America." Read more and see video here.