Chinese now say Trump's no hero after all
by Robyn Dixon and Don Lee, Los Angeles Times
Aug 01, 2018
4 minutes
SHANGHAI - In 2016, after Donald Trump won the Republican nomination for president, social media in China embraced him with tribute pages including the "Trump Fan Club" and "Great Man Donald Trump."
But those pages no longer see much activity.
Remarks about Trump on Chinese social media - one of the only gauges of public sentiment in a country with limited opinion polling - have taken a sharply negative turn. A recent sampling: "A rogue villain with no credibility." "A dishonest and greedy merchant, and an unpopular senile politician." "An erratic and unreliable leader like a clown."
One of his most popular nicknames on Weibo - China's version
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