Anti-Trump articles, blogs, facts, etc. in Chinese?
October 5, 2016 12:56 PM Subscribe
I need anti-Trump (or pro-Hillary) articles and facts to sway to send to my dad, a semi-retired physics professor and lifelong Democrat, who is planning to vote for Trump in this election.
One caveat: they have to be in Chinese.
Much to the horror of my mother and me, my dad has loudly proclaimed his allegiance to Trump this election. When questioned, he states "the economy" as a reason, and his general dislike of Hillary Clinton. I'm really confused by this, because of all people, I figured that my dad would be able to see through Trump's shenanigans.
Then I realized that he's been visiting mainland China for the past few months, when the heavy campaigning has been going on, so he hasn't seen the horror that isTrump on the stump. His reaction to the Presidential Debate was "I was disappointed in Trump's performance, but I still don't like Hillary." Now I'm getting desperate.
As a rational human being, I think his opinions are based on ignorance (not knowing how terrifying Trump's statements truly are), propaganda spread by the Chinese state (if he's been reading mainland Chinese news for the past few months, they're probably biased, right?), and sexism (part of the whole anti-Hillary thing the Republicans have been peddling since the 90's). However, as a scientist, I believe that he can be swayed by evidence and logic. I would love to be able to send my Dad some links to videos, articles, blogs, collections of facts, or whatever that exposes Trump for the despicable, amoral, dishonest, disgusting charlatan that he is...in Chinese (either simplified or traditional characters; Dad can read both).
I, unfortunately, being American-born, cannot provide this because I cannot read Chinese. I'll take anything that's anti-Trump (please no "balanced" articles, because let's be real here, there's nothing to be balanced about;Trump is AWFUL) or pro-Hillary. Extra bonus for anything that also discusses the underlying sexism that Hillary has had to battle her entire career.
He lives in a red state, but I cannot bear the thought of Dad voting for Trump, even if his one ballot is a trickle in the ocean. Please help my Dad make the right choice. I don't want him to vote for Trump because he doesn't know the truth.
Much to the horror of my mother and me, my dad has loudly proclaimed his allegiance to Trump this election. When questioned, he states "the economy" as a reason, and his general dislike of Hillary Clinton. I'm really confused by this, because of all people, I figured that my dad would be able to see through Trump's shenanigans.
Then I realized that he's been visiting mainland China for the past few months, when the heavy campaigning has been going on, so he hasn't seen the horror that isTrump on the stump. His reaction to the Presidential Debate was "I was disappointed in Trump's performance, but I still don't like Hillary." Now I'm getting desperate.
As a rational human being, I think his opinions are based on ignorance (not knowing how terrifying Trump's statements truly are), propaganda spread by the Chinese state (if he's been reading mainland Chinese news for the past few months, they're probably biased, right?), and sexism (part of the whole anti-Hillary thing the Republicans have been peddling since the 90's). However, as a scientist, I believe that he can be swayed by evidence and logic. I would love to be able to send my Dad some links to videos, articles, blogs, collections of facts, or whatever that exposes Trump for the despicable, amoral, dishonest, disgusting charlatan that he is...in Chinese (either simplified or traditional characters; Dad can read both).
I, unfortunately, being American-born, cannot provide this because I cannot read Chinese. I'll take anything that's anti-Trump (please no "balanced" articles, because let's be real here, there's nothing to be balanced about;Trump is AWFUL) or pro-Hillary. Extra bonus for anything that also discusses the underlying sexism that Hillary has had to battle her entire career.
He lives in a red state, but I cannot bear the thought of Dad voting for Trump, even if his one ballot is a trickle in the ocean. Please help my Dad make the right choice. I don't want him to vote for Trump because he doesn't know the truth.
I'm afraid I don't know of any Chinese language resources, but I'm wondering how pro-Trump the mainland press would be. He's been very negative in his statements about China and Chinese economic policies, going so far as to say that the US is being "raped" in trade with China. I wonder if a discussion with you on that as a topic might inject some wiggle room?
posted by goggie at 2:19 PM on October 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by goggie at 2:19 PM on October 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
He's been very negative in his statements about China and Chinese economic policies
To add to this, Donald Trump claimed that global warming was a Chinese hoax, then pretended he never said it. He's also suggested that Japan should get nuclear weapons (then claimed he was misrepresented afterward). And that China should just "go into" North Korea.
posted by airmail at 5:41 AM on October 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
To add to this, Donald Trump claimed that global warming was a Chinese hoax, then pretended he never said it. He's also suggested that Japan should get nuclear weapons (then claimed he was misrepresented afterward). And that China should just "go into" North Korea.
posted by airmail at 5:41 AM on October 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
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If you scroll down there's a button to download an AAPI Toolkit. It's a zip file and in there is a Fact Sheet in multiple languages including Chinese.
posted by soren_lorensen at 1:15 PM on October 5, 2016