Chinese state media is closely following the US presidential election, although it is sometimes hard to tell whether that is to give readers more knowledge about the voting process or to mock it. A newspaper affiliated with the Chinese army wrote (link in Chinese) ahead of Super Tuesday results: “Whether Trump becomes a joke, or lets the American democratic elections become a joke, let us wait and see.”
China’s internet users, most of the time, view Trump as a joke. He is nicknamed “Chuanpu,” an abbreviation of “Sichuan Putonghua,” which means “Mandarin with a Sichuan accent.” This is simply because “Trump” and “Chuanpu” sound somewhat similar (the second pronunciation here). The localization has become a reason to support Trump, Weibo users joke.
Li Delin:
In order to promote our Sichuan Putonghua, I support this doubi to be the US president to endorse Chuanpu.
“Doubi,” is online slang that literally means “funny (female genitalia),” but is closer in meaning to “funny douchebag.”
In other cases, Trump is also called 唐床破, or Tang Chuangpo. This is a translation of Donald Trump into a Chinese name with “Tang” (it sounds similar to Don-) as a surname and “Chuangpo” (like “Chuanpu,” it sounds similar to Trump) as a given name. In literal meaning, “Chuangpo” means “bed broken.”
“Hillary or Trump, who is more unfavorable to China?” asked Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television (link in Chinese) on Monday (Mar. 1) on Weibo. Judging from the comments from mainland Chinese netizens, most are in favor of a Trump presidency because they believe China’s global influence could suffer more under Clinton. Though they hate both of them, they fear Clinton more.
Too bad democracy doesn't really exist in the US, and behind the scenes both of them work for the same power, the only power, the real one and there is also nothing Chinese people can do about it since its that same power who rules in their territory.
Too bad democracy doesn't really exist in the US, and behind the scenes both of them work for the same power, the only power, the real one and there is also nothing Chinese people can do about it since its that same power who rules in their territory.
Too bad democracy doesn't really exist in the US, and behind the scenes both of them work for the same power, the only power, the real one and there is also nothing Chinese people can do about it since its that same power who rules in their territory.
