It is on! CGTN's Liu Xin will join a live debate on Fox News' Trish Regan Primetime this week. That is after a fiercely-worded response from Regan to one of Liu's editorial pieces in which she criticized the Fox anchor for making factual errors.
It's become a big deal on Chinese social media. The hashtag of this debate has gathered over 30,000 comments on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.
Google searches in America for both anchors also spiked after they agreed on the debate last Friday.
Regan's invitation got over 2,000 retweets. This is just one example of how people have been focusing on the escalating trade war between China and the U.S. on various media platforms. On Chinese search engines, some of the most searched keywords are about the tariff hikes. Many passionate Chinese netizens are making their voices heard on Weibo, while many of them are warning about the negative impacts of a protracted trade war.
However, the majority of searches concern the Chinese tech giant Huawei. President Trump's executive order for U.S. companies to cut all ties with Huawei has sent shockwaves not only across China but also the global social media. Many technology reviewers on YouTube have made videos about it from a tech industry perspective.
Tech reviewer Marques Brownlee's video made it to the YouTube trends. He said: "So as a person that really likes tech, all of this news is terrible. Because having one less company means less competition, which is less incentive for these companies to work hard and make great stuff. We've seen ourselves how great their phones have gotten lately and how good they've made all the phones around them. Even if you're not a fan of Huawei or you don't like their stuff, you have to admit that having them around is good for consumers. It's good for us."
As new developments arise every day in this unfolding trade conflict, more people across the world are becoming aware of its different aspects. Perspectives can differ drastically, but surely, more people will join the discussion.
