Summary: The United States didn't pay much attention to China's reaction of the American Midterm voting. Last month it was noticed that in a New York Times ad China was deliberately being bashed. Politicians in the November 2nd election have been campaigning a great deal more than in recent years and the Chinese Communist Party feels as though China has become a mid-term election strategy for both the Republican and Democratic parties. An example of a political ad, offending Chinese citizens was an ad called, "The Chinese Professor." The ad was posted on the web and has gotten more than 800,000 views since the post. The responses to the video have been about equal as to whether it accurately depicts the future. China concluded that the election may have some effects on its domestic policies, but only a slight effect on major topics such as currency and trade issues.
Opinion: China thinks that we are using the country as a strategy to better our governmental voting, but I say that they are reading way to far into the situation at hand. Just because their country has been mentioned in a couple campaign ads, doesn't mean that we are trying to use or get back at them in any way. Instead of just seeing what's going on on the surface of the campaigning, they should read between the lines and see that maybe we are comparing ourselves to China and mentioning them because their country is worth mentioning. It shouldn't be seen as an insult but rather worldly advertisement for both countries. Many people are commenting and listening to the ads and forming their own opinions; which right now are said to be half and half. Therefore, helping America as well as giving China some spotlight and discussion.
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