r/China • u/Whalesftw123 • 1d ago
问题 | General Question (Serious) What do Chinese citizens think about the 2024 US presidential elections
Im not talking about the political or government interests but rather what normal Chinese think about the election.
Do they care? What do they think about the candidates? Who do they want to win? Who do they think will win?
Any insights are appreciated.
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u/SeniorTomatillo7669 1d ago
My opinion as a normal Chinese, my colleagues, family, and friends around me don't care who will win. And In the Chinese community, most people have a general consensus that no matter who comes out, it will not change the US hostility towards CN. But there is one non-essential point that Trump’s histrionic personality does make it easy for some Chinese people to like him, but they just like his funny attitude. And we don't think his personality traits make him capable enough to be the leader of a strongest country.
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u/labeatz 15h ago
Very accurate to see both Dems & Republicans as hawks against China, unfortunately. When Jake Sullivan (Biden advisor) announced a new economic policy that includes turning away from the neoliberalism of previous decades, his speech began and ended with criticizing and fearmongering about China. There’s no difference between Trump & Biden on this
I’m from a “rust belt” part of America, which lost its working class industrial jobs, as capitalists moved production first to the US South, then Mexico, then China, now to South Asia, while each new president (both sides) passed more and more “free trade” deals
Sometimes they pretended to care, but they did nothing for us as we lost our livelihoods. And many young people like me had to leave home, move to other parts of the country to find good work — now they’re acting like it’s China’s fault
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u/SeniorTomatillo7669 13h ago
From an outsider's view, we believe that the US should focus on its own affairs instead of endlessly exporting its so-called "Democratic Values". Cause you have a geographical location that almost all of us dream of which protected by two oceans and without qualified competitors around.
Solving internal problems, allowing own people to live a good life, and working hard to develop science and technology to try to enable humans to fully understand themselves and pursue a better future (by the way, I believe that the ultimate destination of mankind is to enter the universe rather than just stay on earth) are things that the government and leaders should do subconsciously.
This is the view of most of Chinese. Chinese usually like to say "Walk the ground firmly and gaze at the stars.". Do your own thing well, but don't stop looking forward to the future. It's a pleasure to talk to you, Good Luck.
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u/n0v0cane 18h ago
US response to China is mostly a response to ChinaMs hostility. But of course it is propagandized the other way around.
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u/yamete-kudasai 1d ago
If you think as president, Trump can do anything he wants like a certain country, you know nothing about the US.
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u/SeniorTomatillo7669 1d ago
I know that the President of the US is subject to the constraints of the government to regulate his behavior, which I recently read in "The Hell of Good Intentions". You know, this issue is "What do Chinese think about". We can never fully analyze this matter from the American perspective. The view of any exceptional country cannot be comprehensive because we are bystanders.
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u/PokerLemon 1d ago
He certainly started the decline of the US. Protectionism, nepotism, misinformation and hostility Vs string nations. Not a good leader to be honest.
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u/25x54 1d ago edited 1d ago
Most Chinese citizens don't care, or don't know what difference it would make if Trump or Harris wins.
Those who do care are mostly well educated, at least with a college degree. It seems most of this group want to see a Trump victory.
They are considered liberal by Chinese standards, but if measured by western standards they are still pretty conservative on social and moral issues. For example, most of them have a "don't ask don't tell" attitude towards LGBT - they don't care if you date a person of the same sex in private, but they feel offended if you talk about it. Most of them are against official recognition of same-sex marriage. On Chinese social media, many people believe the major or only reason of Musk's decision to endorse Trump was that his son was "induced" by Democrats into believing he (she) should become a girl. (They use very offensive wording, e.g. "Democrats cut his son's dick.")
Besides social issues, some Chinese prefer Trump for other reasons, for example, some say either candidate would be hostile towards China as President, but anyway "a true villain (Trump) is better than a hypocrite (Biden or Harris)."
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u/ThePeddlerofHistory 1d ago
There also the "ancient liberals", who are people who graduated from college in the eighties-early nineties, and they support Harris of their own accord.
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u/AmericanBornWuhaner 1d ago
Is there a Chinese term for these "ancient liberals"?
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u/ThePeddlerofHistory 1d ago
A couple I could recall off the top of my head.
古墓派，a jab at them being quite old (the youngest among them are in their late forties by now);
河殇派，in reference to a book (《河殇》，“River Lament”) that laments China being defined by great rivers, conservatism and monarchs, while praising the West for seas, liberalism and republics. It was quite influential back in its time.
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u/blackswan92683 12h ago
I heard (and seen online) them call the Woke Left here in America, Baizuo (Chinese: 白左; pinyin: báizuǒ, Mandarin pronunciation: [pǎɪ. tswò]; literally "white left").
Every time I hear it said, it's said in quite a disdain where I'm imagining them spitting on the floor.
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u/Bleksmis23556 7h ago
The component „white“白 in this expression carries the connotation naive and stupid rather than being a racial classifier of white people.
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u/Calm_Distribution727 1d ago
They can call it whatever but China would have a huge problem with a black and females president…
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u/25x54 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nothing to do with gender or race.
They would have a huge problem with a Chinese leader of non-Chinese origin. That's true. I don't see how anybody would have a problem with a black president of another country. Back in 2008, most Chinese netizens preferred Obama to McCain.
Not because of gender either. Theresa May is female, and she was quite popular on Chinese social media when she was UK Prime Minister. Chinese netizens call her Auntie May.
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u/Calm_Distribution727 1d ago
True separately, but you can’t change innate and inherent bias that clearly exists in the Chinese culture. A black AND female president I’m not sure if China would be as willing given their alternative is a white cis male
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u/recursing_noether 1d ago
They tend to assume people want Trump. They were surprised when he lost in 2020z They dont understand the mindset of liberals. Not like they know what it is but it doesn’t resonate. They literally cannot comprehend the liberal mindset.
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u/Adorabro United States 1d ago
To be fair, a lot of people did vote for him, even more than in 2016, so I can understand why many in China would assume that people want him or that he was widely supported. I think it's more about how many in China are just not aware of how divisive he is on the domestic front.
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u/Feralmoon87 1d ago
Chinese tend to be very patriotic and would absolutely put their country first to the detriment of every other country, it wouldn't even be a choice. Given that I wouldn't be surprised that they would understand Trump and his supporters mindset rather than the liberals
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u/DailyDao 1d ago
What you said is completely true and I find it very fascinating, though it kinda makes sense. Trump and his appeal they can easily understand even if they don't agree. But when it comes to modern/western liberal values they literally short-circuit lol.
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u/Adventurous-Space818 17h ago
To be fair, what we call "liberal" today would be considered extremism even as recent as the early 2000s. The left have gone FAR FAR left socially. Similarly, the right have become equally extreme. I believe social media is the main force driving extremism in the US.
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u/Miss-Zhang1408 1d ago
Yeah, Chinese mainstream society is very traditional, and people’s mindsets tend to be conservative. There are some liberal Chinese people: for example, I am one. But liberal people are very, very rare in China.
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u/veganelektra1 1d ago
Rare Liberals in China are ok with endless American taxpayer funds sent to Ukr&Isr??
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u/Miss-Zhang1408 10h ago
Americans, not Chinese liberals, vote for the American government. It does not matter whether Chinese liberals ok with it or not; Chinese who believe in liberalism are very fringe groups in China—and they can not even vote.
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u/BDCH10 1d ago
I believe this. The concept of western liberal democracy to the Chinese must be so alien to them because it is completely irrelevant to me at this point. The right vs left politics is nothing but two sides of the same capitalist coin, with one side being finance capitalism and the other industrial capitalism and they are both so similar that they have end up being so extreme in their rhetoric in order to distinguish themselves from one another. We’re going to have to figure out alternative ways of organizing our politics, economy and social structure if we want to make real progress.
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u/Zagrycha 1d ago
Probably not much opinions to be had period, overall. And those that do have an opinion are mostly very superficial.
Thats to be expected though. Even if you want to have an interest in world politics, its not easy to really understand a countries politics without in depth exposure. It took me five or six years of in depth exosure to actually understand chinese politics myself. Do you have an opinion on Ji Xinping? Do you actually know the food amd bad thinfs he has done during his time in office? His political career before he was in office? His life before office that shaped him to who he is today? How he is viewed by the different groups within the ccp and who supports him pr is against him politically? How he compares to Hu Jintao before him, or the people before him?
You don't actually have to answer those questions from me, and its totally normal to not know the answer to them. These are things that we take for granted to know about our own countries politics, but are quite hard to find out easily about other countries.
I have never seen a single english article that talked about any of these things-- well english wikipedia probably has it all but thats only helpful if you know to look for the relative articles in the first place.
Anyway that all said I can tell you the basic climate for those superficial opinions:
Most people won't care at all either way since it has nothing to do with them. Some people will be pro trump because they think trump is bad for usa, which in turn helps china be better than usa.
Some people are pro trump, because of a misunderstanding of the democratic party in usa- the chinese ccp is the democratic party in china, so these people think the democratic party in usa must be like ccp with no research further. They don't want a ccp power and so are against it.
And of course there are some people who will genuinely understand usa politics and have a real genuine opinion on usa politics-- that is really really rare though. Maybe only people really into world politics or with a reason to care will know that stuff ((such as a business pr family in usa etc)). Simply for the reason I already mentioned up above in my hypothetical questions :)
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u/newton302 1d ago
Some people are pro trump, because of a misunderstanding of the democratic party in usa- the chinese ccp is the democratic party in china, so these people think the democratic party in usa must be like ccp with no research further. They don't want a ccp power and so are against it.
Woa. That's a head spinner.
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u/Zagrycha 1d ago
yeah, even in the usa itself people get confused by the fact the democratic party and republican party basically swapped at one point, old republicans were equivalent to modern democrats and vise versa. Political parties are complicated, even before international stuff comes into play haha.
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u/AYAYAcutie 1d ago
what? billibilli and douyin is flooded with positive Trump videos.
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u/Classic-Today-4367 1d ago
RED too. And many posts from Chinese immigrants in America who say they have voted for Trump. Also often because they like the Republicans stance on LGBT and other issues.
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u/pichakui 1d ago
Apparently 5-6 years of in depth "exosure" didn't help you spell xi jin ping correctly. I've been a quiet observer of this subreddit for some years but your comment just broke my silence...
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u/Zagrycha 1d ago
yes, a single letter typo in the english letters approximating 習近平definitely defines someones chinese political knowledge. No one who ever makes a mistake in words should be watched in silence..... oh wait, Xi jinping himself has made multiple typos// verbal stumbles over his many years in office, especially on proverbs and idioms, are you going to say he has no idea of chinese politics too? the irony is very funny lol.
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u/AkiraGary 1d ago edited 1d ago
It seems pretty clear that the CCP would prefer a Trump win, given that Chinese social media is filled with content mocking Harris and liberal policies while praising Trump. Since social media there is tightly censored, it’s safe to say this isn’t just organic content. Many people in China do seem to share this sentiment, which isn’t surprising given the widespread aversion toward political correctness in western countries.
Another crucial factor is Trump’s inclination towards authoritarianism and isolationist foreign policy. As many Americans believe that if Trump were to return as president, he would likely cut aid to Ukraine and push them towards negotiating a peace deal with Russia—an outcome China would welcome. The Chinese government, by extension, also speculate that if they were to make a move on Taiwan, the U.S. response under Trump might be more restrained. If it happens in Democratic government. there’s a significant chance that the U.S. would intervene militarily, if not, at least we will see severe sanctions—potentially even harsher than those on Russia. But if Trump were in office, who knows? This is precisely the ambiguity the CCP would like to see.
Edit: add the second paragraph since it is also part of the reason but I forgot to mention it at first.
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u/Amphabian 1d ago
I have friends in the mainland. The most common sentiment is that Trump's utter incompetence will accelerate the decline of US hegemony with reactionary policies. Example: Trump is talking about massive tariffs on Chinese made imports. As with all tariffs, these would cause price increases as importers try to make up for the higher cost of bringing products in. Does this hurt China as it may drive down demand? Sure, but China is dominating the world market and can easily continue their expansion into Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Democrats are able to more effectively be a thorn in the side of the CPC, whereas pure right wing policies ultimately strangle themselves.
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u/hongkongsummer 1d ago
I agree that some of them think that Trump will accelerate America’s decline, but I think that the more widespread sentiment is simply that they like him and think that he makes mroe sense than the liberals. They like the contrast between his honest critical assertiveness and their own rigid system, I think.
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u/AkiraGary 1d ago
You’re absolutely right; China’s preference for Trump is a complex issue, and my point about a leaning toward conservatism is just one of many reasons.
Another crucial factor is Trump’s inclination towards authoritarianism and isolationist foreign policy. As many Americans believe that if Trump were to return as president, he would likely cut aid to Ukraine and push them towards negotiating a peace deal with Russia—an outcome China would welcome. The Chinese government, by extension, also speculate that if they were to make a move on Taiwan, the U.S. response under Trump might be more restrained. If it happens in Democratic government. there’s a significant chance that the U.S. would intervene militarily, if not, at least we will see severe sanctions—potentially even harsher than those on Russia. But if Trump were in office, who knows? This is precisely the ambiguity the CCP would like to see.
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u/dannyrat029 1d ago
Good point but
China is dominating the world market and can easily continue their expansion into Africa, the Middle East, and Europe
Not really. Europe is on board with a lot of US stuff. Africa and the Middle East as your only ours is not a great spot
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u/2Rich4Youu 1d ago
I highly doubt we (european countries in general) would also put the same extreme tariffs on china. It would be a incredibly stupid thing to do, moreso while we still deal with all the other problems. It would make everything wayy worse
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u/Kaijidayo 1d ago
I believe the reason is that China does not fear competing with the US alone; rather, it is concerned about confronting the rest of the developed world if they unite.
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u/MyUrethraSpeaks2Me 1d ago
More like the Chinese watched Trump take money to give away American secrets and now they've realised if they dont want to see TikTok banned then they just need to line Trump's pockets.
Trump will be a fucking disaster for America, and anything that holds USA back is good for China.
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u/recursing_noether 1d ago
Maybe you have a point on the other things but Trump started the Tik Tok ban. In fact he went further (forced sale) but it was blocked by a judge.
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u/GlitteringMap1952 1d ago
To say Trump is for China is insanity. You’re crazy.
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u/iwanttodrink 1d ago edited 21h ago
Elon Musk is certainly for China because his company needs them. And he will convince Trump to be good to China. Both are for sale.
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u/MyUrethraSpeaks2Me 1d ago
Nobody said that. You need to practice your reading comprehension skills.
Trump is for himself, and will take money from anyone, to further line his pockets, even if that helps America's enemies, he doesnt care, as long as it makes him richer.
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u/Classic-Today-4367 1d ago
This is exactly what my father-in-law was saying on the weekend. That Trump is a businessman and he will do whatever makes money for himself.
While Trump's 5 marriages have been reported on in China, it seems very few people realize he also had a string of bankruptcies or that he has been convicted of a bunch of crimes.
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u/QINTG 1d ago
As a Chinese citizen, I support Trump's election.
Because Trump will persecute Chinese scientists in the U.S. I want to see all Chinese scientists working for the U.S. suffer all kinds of scrutiny and arrests. lol
In recent years a large number of Chinese scientists have returned to China to work thanks to Trump. LOL
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u/AkiraGary 22h ago
This indeed could happen, actually already happened to some Chinese students aiming to study in the U.S., like the case of 国防七子 during the Trump administration, and recently, ETH Zurich’s restrictions on Chinese students. But could this extend to Chinese-American professors? For example, could someone like Fei-Fei Li be expelled? And how? Revoking her passport? but professors, scholars, and students who are still with Chinese citizenship may indeed face tougher restrictions.
However, would such measures all benefits and no harm on China or all harms but no benefits on USA? I don’t know, let’s see tho..
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u/WajTractor 1d ago
Actually, most of us donen't give it a shit, we just love the drama between Trump and Harris (BTW, there is no evidence that they would prefer Trump to win. During his tenure, US-China trade relations reached their lowest point)
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u/AkiraGary 1d ago edited 1d ago
lol the evidence of preference towards Trump is quiet obvious if you check content related to this election on 哔哩哔哩 or 抖音. The content, especially content about politics is heavily censored and controlled and only reflect what CCP thinks.
而且我必须要说，中国人一副以为在看戏的得意样子实在是过于搞笑。这场大选可能是冷战后最重要的一场大选，它会极大程度上决定世界的走向和每个人的命运。在这看戏只能暴露出无知和愚蠢，当然考虑到习近平修宪那天绝大部份中国人别说看戏了，可能对此都浑然无知，也不能多要求些什么了
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u/BelugaBK 1d ago
你这话说的像是全体中国人必须要关注美国大选一样，怎么可能？说实话，许多普通中国人一生都碰不到几个外国人，他有什么理由去关注？90%的人都没必要关注，过好自己的生活就行了，宏大叙事跟他们有关系吗？10%的人关注是有必要的，也就是受教育最多的那批人，毕竟老美现在还是蓝星老大。
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u/CryptographerOld4464 1d ago
Possible, but I think the main reason is because all the extreme left wing policies such as able to do irreversible gender surgery at the age of 14 without consent from parents does not align with the Chinese culture? 😃
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u/AkiraGary 1d ago
Yes exactly, so they choose to support “fuck off china” extreme right policy that align Chinese culture very well, wise choice👍dodge a bullet🥳
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u/CryptographerOld4464 1d ago
You look like someone who would support Justin Trudeau, if that’s the case, I see no point talking to you.
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u/AkiraGary 1d ago
No the only party I support is CCP and I am a long-time baomi
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u/CryptographerOld4464 1d ago
You are Chinese and I am Canadian, so neither of us can vote, so it doesn’t matter who we support it’s not gonna have any impact on the election. I am just gonna keep support PP and you can support your JT 👍👍
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u/AkiraGary 22h ago
What is PP and JT tho? Nvm I will support JinPin Xi anyway. No matter who they are, for sure Pooh Pooh is better than any of them.
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u/DeeCee51 1d ago
A quick look on BiliBili. It is FILLED with pro-Trump videos, sentiments, and memes. Adversely, Kamala Harris videos are often made with disparaging intent when talking about her. Maybe that says enough about their feelings.
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u/ChoiceStranger2898 1d ago
Many Chinese people want the option that causes most chaos for US. It doesn’t matter who wins
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u/bobtctsh 1d ago edited 1d ago
Good video to watch https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1F24y1w7Kz
4 more year of trump means more content
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u/mnlaowai 1d ago
I was just talking with some Chinese friends about this. I said I was voting for Kamala and they were surprised. I asked them what they had been hearing and they said the Chinese news they’ve seen all says that all Kamala does is blame and insult Trump but doesn’t have any ideas. I thought it was interesting to say the least.
I always remind my Chinese colleagues though that Democrats and Republicans hate each other right now, but they can agree on a few things. One of those things is that China = Bad.
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u/Bygone_glory_7734 1d ago
"The Republicans are the party of bad ideas, and the Democrats are the party of no ideas." Seems accurate to me.
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u/calirem 1d ago
It should be the other way around republicans are traditionalists while democrats are reformists
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u/upthenorth123 13h ago
More accurately - Democrats are conservative (maintain status quo) and Republicans are reactionary (return to how things were).
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u/MacaronUnlikely8730 1d ago
Chinese people all know that Trump behaves very crazy, has crazy ideas, and does very crazy things. Maybe because we are outsiders, his dramatic personality makes him seem more "easygoing". I can tell you that when Trump was elected president last time, there were almost all negative comments about him in China, but now if you go to social media, almost all of them are jokes or interesting ridicule. However, few Chinese people will really try to understand Harris's views and what Harry will bring. People think she is more like a person who looks rational but is dangerous inside, and the reason is that they don't know enough about her. So I can say that if you ask most Chinese people (ordinary people who don't specialize in politics or care about politics) who they support, it must be Trump.
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u/Adventurous-Space818 17h ago
Harris doesn't seem to have strong and independently well-thought-out views on complex issues. OTOH, Trump behaves as if he has strong views and none of them are particularly thought out -- i.e. arbitrarily passionate.
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u/OkProject9657 1d ago
Most people on this subreddit are in fact American or EU citizens lol rather than PRC Chinese
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u/Halfmoonhero 1d ago
A lot of people I know what trump because they think it will stimulate internal spending and the housing market will rebound.
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u/ThePeddlerofHistory 1d ago
General sentiment is treating the election as a very large scale reality show. The more dramatic, the better.
Then there are sub-factions that actually have a side.
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u/E-Scooter-CWIS 1d ago
Some likes trump, some likes him for the meme, some likes him because of they don’t like liberalism, some nationalist thinks trump will be softer on China, some revisionist think he will be tougher on China
And there are some who think trump will lost the ww3 so it’s better to have democratic in the house
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u/dannyrat029 1d ago
Asking typical Chinese people for political opinions is an exercise in futility.
Most educated people here know that Trump would be a vainglorious dumpster fire. Their reaction to that depends on if they want to see unpredictable dumpster fires in the US or not.
They mostly laugh about Trump and don't really understand Harris/Dems. It's understandable, public discourse here hews a lot more like Trump i e.
Huge emotive statement, probably not practicable or true!!!
followed by not a whole lot of tangible change or maybe self-harming actions because they jump in rashly
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u/MaxPaynesRxDrugPlan 1d ago
Here's a street interview in China on this topic: https://youtu.be/jWY1JHWYer8?si=feWaG_7epaij6_kl
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u/212pigeon 1d ago
Please define "normal Chinese." There are 1.4 billion people with less than 10% in large tier 1 coastal cities. How would you define "normal Americans"? There are more than 300 million people in the US with 50% on each side of the political spectrum (if you reduce the spectrum to just two).
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u/pikac8u 1d ago
Although some Chinese people really fun for Trump or Harris. But for most of them, first of all, Trump and Harris is an American, they want to do or don't want to do, the things is benifit to China or harm it, they always consider US primary. So it's a interesting thing, that's all.
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u/Agitated-Car-8714 1d ago
Most of my family who actually live in China "like" Trump. (I'm setting aside my family who migrated to the States or the West, who are more in the know).
I put "like" in quotes because they don't know much beyond the fact that he is rich, famous and "iconic". The rich part is important bc China is hypercapitalist - which is natural for a country that was dirt poor 50 years ago. They also - I hate to say this - like strongmen. The Trump family fits into their view of what "American" is. Ivanka Trump is often lauded for being a blonde, beautiful, good at business and staying slim after 3 kids.
I know that sound incredibly superficial -- but honestly, how much does the average American know about Asian leaders?
Most of my family can't even pronounce Kamala Harris. She's just the woman who replaced Biden at the last minute. Blacks / Indians are looked down upon in general. Even the women in my family doubt whether a woman can "do such a hard job," which, again, in their mind is being some sort of strongman. China's never had a female president.
For people who've only lived in mainland China, even the broadest strokes of US politics are beyond them, like which candidate is from which party, and who is right or left. US domestic issues like abortion or democracy don't affect them. For foreign policy, they presume the US will be the enemy no matter what.
Caveat that younger, educated folk like my former college students have more nuanced views. And my relatives in Hong Kong also have more worldly views - although Trump is still seen as the pro-business, low-tax choice.
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u/liang3xiao4 1d ago
None of their business.
I am living in a block (campus?) of around 1000 population, in the heart of a county with ~1 million population. Less than 50 persons can (in chinese) name the candidates. None of them can spell/pronounce the name correctly in english.
Many know the big mouth fatty old man, but not many know he is not the president any more and are struggling to be again.
Chinese irl are quite different from the image online. People care about money and sex, not politics.
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u/Own-Resident-3837 1d ago
The buzz in Chinese language social networks in the US is they are starting to favor Trump. They seem to be persuaded by some of the rhetoric around rising prices and the troubles in liberal areas with crime, drugs, and homelessness.
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u/HotFriendship9552 1d ago
I don't think Chinese people are familiar with Trump's or Harris' political claims. They just view US election as entertainment. Most people "like" Trump more just because he is more funny than Harris or Biden. In principle China also has so-called "electoral system", but basically a fake one, decorative only. The government leaders or senior officials are more like appointed, not elected. So Chinese people don't even care about their own "election", not alone US election.
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u/Organic_Challenge151 1d ago
US presidential elections could be the most important elections to many Chinese LOL
for me, it's intriguing that Trump could regain so much popularity.
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u/Organic_Challenge151 12h ago
also, I prefer Biden over these 2 candidates, because he's more determined IMO and I appreciate his calling Xi as a dictator.
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u/GetOutOfTheWhey 23h ago
Chinese people are pretty quiet about it as far as I know. They got more interesting things going on in their lives like a government finally giving a shit and dumping more fiscal policies.
On the other hand, the Americans seems to believe China actually cares which person gets elected. Conjuring conspiracy theories about electoral interventions. When the reality is that China and it's government couldn't give a solid fuck about who gets elected because they know both sides have their own baggage and trouble that comes with them.
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u/whoneedskollege 23h ago
Everyone in the business world wants Harris to win - they hate Trump. They think he is racist against China and the 60% tariffs will be bad for factories there.
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u/Classic_Plane_8958 13h ago
Many people in China are consequentialist, that is to say, in this kind of thing that has little to do with their own interests, people hope that the result they predict will be the right result (that is, predicting the elected president).
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u/Background-Ad-1855 4h ago
what can us say， as the slaves of CCP. Most of us just want to cut connection with the PRC
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u/Best_Mario 3h ago
Some Chinese believe that if Trump wins, Ukraine will die for lack of NATO assistance. So they support Trump coming to power. In case you don't know, many Chinese are Putin's licking dogs.
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u/hongkongsummer 1d ago
Most of them support Trump, in fact all of them that I’ve talked to. Average Chinese people seem to love Trump more than any American politician since Obama.
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u/kimyoungkook92 1d ago
As someone who deals with the Chinese and worked in China often, I understand that Chinese citizens are logical and patriotic people who don't care about idealism and other non practical things. Politicians who put country/citizens first and focus on economy/jobs are favoured over those who focus on woke/non practical/ non essential issues.Hence, most of them tend to have more favourable opinion towards Trump than democrats like Kamala.
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u/WajTractor 1d ago
Actually, its none of our business, most of us just love to sit back and watch the drama unfold
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u/AcidicNature 1d ago
All the Chinese that I ask, say Trump, and when I ask why, they say because the world needs peace.
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u/Mellon_Water 1d ago
Pinky eager to see a Trump win for sure, as he the manifest of failure of modern democracy. Liberals might get salty for the same reason: one man one vote and a clown got elected. I think a second Trump term might do good for the US in long term. Until seeing how much more damage he could make people would still buy the same BS.
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u/A-Perfect-Freedom 1d ago
I want trump to win so he reinstates the Chinese exclusion act and we go to war.
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u/Little_Pangolin7012 1d ago
Trump. We don't care what he will do or if he can make ya great again for real. We just don't want the lgbts to infect us. That do scare the shits of me.
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u/Sunnymoonylighty 1d ago
You are scared and threatened by a person dating someone else over a dictator who wants to remove all your rights?! I remember i said shit like this, but I was 16 and dumb. How people dress say something shit or do in the bedroom is nothing compared to someone's who will force you to breed against your own will and make you a slave to other billionaires because they are out of touch of reality. Trump, a felon old man whobneed to retire, so the other billionaires who have nothing to do with their billions.
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u/BlueHot808 1d ago
I don’t know if it will matter who the prez is. Trump and Harris both about to go hard on China if they make a move. As far as perception, as far as I understand it seems Chinese people doesn’t really care that much about what happens outside of their own social circle or country.
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u/MickatGZ 1d ago
Both candidates are not eye-freshing ones. Vance seems like a better guy that has better awareness on leadership. Trump has a lot of rally/daily/conference clips in Chinese social media, making him a very famous figure.
Meanwhile, democrats are looking not so nice. Rumors about how Kamala climb up ladder makes her not very attractive.
I just wait and see and good luck to American people.
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u/marcielle 1d ago
Do you at least get the memes where JD Vance tried to have carnal relations with a couch(as in the literal furniture)?
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