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peasant
/ˈpɛznt/ noun
noun: peasant; plural noun: peasants
a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).
"peasants left the farms to work in industry"
So In English terms Vance was basically correct, but China does not care they will misinterpret anything to try and gain a point
