New Delhi, April 9 -- China on Tuesday (April 8) hit back sharply at US Vice President JD Vance over his recent remark that Americans are borrowing "money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture."

The remarks, made during a discussion on the Trump administration's escalating tariff war, have drawn widespread criticism in China, with Beijing accusing Vance of being "ignorant and disrespectful".

"What has the globalist economy gotten the United States of America?" Vance said in the Fox News interview.

"Fundamentally, it's based on two principles - incurring a huge amount of debt to buy things that other countries make for us."

"To make it a little more crystal clear, we borrow money from Chinese peasan...