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Comment by tedk-42 | Hacker News Reader

I'm amazed this is a news article and that people are drawing any kind of political opinions, motivations or messages.

If you look at it from the perspective of a collectivist culture, which China is, this is indeed a very big deal. The president's own daughter jetting off to the USA whilst the party has been ramping up its anti-western rhetoric has major political ramifications. However, I highly doubt this news will reach the majority of people in China.

or this is just fake news, the US can easily put this on CNN or FOX then Mr Trump wins the trade war easily the chinese will fight themselves

Xi's daughter goes to Harvard is common news. It wasn't particularly scandalous. She majored in English at Zhejiang University, which is a "C9" institution, aka Chinese Ivy League. C9 universities have academic connections to western institutions, including Harvard where she studies English translation. It makes sense to study English translation in an English school.

This is filler news from Taiwan with all the associated agenda and bias. Don't read too much into it.

What news does reach "the majority of people in China"?

The children of senior officials routinely study overseas, it's painfully mundane.

As for China "ramping up anti-western rhetoric", I'm truly struggling to see what you mean being in a unique position between the two, would actually say the opposite. Are you sure about that or is it more a localized viewpoint far removed from statements made by the Chinese government and media arms?

Well, looks like she thinks Harvard is better than anything China has to offer.

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