Tbh, I don’t feel offended at all when American politicians and businessmen call us Chinese “peasants.” Every great civilization began with agriculture. Even modern civilization would cease to exist without peasants. It was with the strength of peasants that the Chinese Communist Party founded the Republic. Every Chinese, including the highest national leaders, should proudly declare themselves children of peasants. If one day, China’s elites were to maliciously curse one another by calling someone a peasant, it would signal that our civilization has lost its way.
