Part of it might just be that the CCP's translators don't have a good grasp of English and end up picking unfortunate translations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

Part of it might just be that the CCP's translators don't have a good grasp of English and end up picking unfortunate translations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurting_the_feelings_of_the_Chinese_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurting_the_feelings_of_the_Ch... This is better translated as "damaged how the Chinese people feel about..." but instead comes off as the Chinese people having the emotional tolerance of a grade schooler. Unfortunately, it seems it was actually first used by state media in 1959 instead of originating from a foreign translation of the Chinese statement.