Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is popular among many Asian-Americans. For example, she has long enjoyed support from Cantonese-speaking San Franciscans, who know her as ‘Ho Kam Lai’. But some feel differently. China Media Project analyzes content in simplified Chinese on social media typically used by first-generation Mainland immigrants…
…In this world, Harris is known by another name — wu ji (烏雞), or “the black chicken” Meanwhile, her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz, is called “Bai Feng,” or “white phoenix.” Taken together, the first characters in these nicknames, “Wu” and “Bai,” allude to the fact the candidates are darker and lighter-skinned. Together, the two names also come very close to “Wuji Baifeng Wan,” the name of a proprietary Chinese medicine that claims to be “an all-purpose gynecological treatment.” To a certain extent, this coincides with Trump and his supporters calling Walz a “tampon man,” emphasizing the femininity of the Harris-Walz duo, while at the same time drawing the reader’s imagination to the female body and sexual organs. The word “ji” (雞), the second character in this name for Harris, is even more obscene, directly linking it to the Chinese words for “chicken” and its homophone “prostitute” (妓).
…content aimed at Douyin [Chinese TikTok] users [uses] the United States to highlight China’s advantages. Unlike the US, for example, China does not have so many feminists who are unwilling to have children. Or China does not have the “zero-dollar shopping” phenomenon — meaning the raiding of businesses by black rioters, a trend of fake news on Chinese-language social media — that they absurdly allege was caused single-handedly by Kamala Harris. Her Asian identity in these videos is narrowed down to “Indian,” which in turn triggers a series of discriminatory stereotypes about Indians. Or the discrimination centers on failed women who are unmarried and childless, especially when contrasted with Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, the Goddess of America, a woman who has money, children and a career.
Everyone says they can’t wait for this US election nightmare to end. But I must confess: as a almost-lifelong aficionado of surrealism, I’ve really enjoyed it.
A Trump win will bring so much wailing and lamentation from the woke, it’s almost bearable.
@Reagan’s Pussy – the opp0site of woke is dopey.
“But I must confess: as an almost-lifelong aficionado of surrealism, I’ve really enjoyed it.”
Totally agree with this
Right now, my head swims with the cascade of evil that is coming to every space of human existence. There is no high ground for the post-colonial readership of this column, or its author.
If you ever doubt whether the ruling class in DC has lost touch with America, refer back to this result:
District of Columbia:
92.6% – Harris
6.6% – Trump
I note that Twitter seems to run just fine with just 15% of the employees it had before Elon Musk bought it. I suspect the pencil-pushing bureaucrats in DC are working on their resumes.
@HK-Cynic – if your definition of “just fine” includes spreading blatant lies and promulgating unchecked wild conspiracy theories.
Low Profile: I presume that censorship and restricting free speech is your preferred solution. Sounds like the US should copy the policy of the CCP in China in your view?
@HK-Cynic
You exaggerate the one-sidedness of the DC vote. It was actually
92.5% – Harris
6.7% – Trump
But, um, a point well-made.
HK-Cynic: I am not a defender of ruling classes anywhere but the voting figures for Washington DC have nothing to do with their problems. Washington DC is a big city and most of the population are peasants like the rest of us. Perhaps their preferences could be better explained by the fact that they had a close-up view of Trump for four years. He isn’t very popular in New York either…
He is wildly hated in DC for a reason. He threatens their power, income and jobs. Elon Musk now runs Twitter / X with only 10-15% of the employees that were there before he bought it. Three of the wealthiest counties in the US are adjacent to Washington DC.
Dated, but a good description of how Washington DC really works:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2020/10/03/covid-fear-isnt-the-kitchen-sink-but-its-close/
And a map showing that Harris basically won only the East & West Coast:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1gl630u/a_mostly_complete_map_of_counties_in_the_2024/?rdt=45676
@HK-Cynic
You didn’t address Tim’s point that, in an electorate, the vast majority are ordinary folk without political power or notable income.
Though, to be fair, I doubt they had much of a ‘a close-up view of Trump’ either.
So the question remains, why was the shape of the DC vote so overwhelmingly anti-Trump.