A Chinese real estate mogul has taken a swipe at the newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump in a 9-minute year-end video, Forbes reported.
Real estate billionaire Pan Shiyi did not hesitate to take a shot at Trump, who is also a property mogul himself, in a year-end video delivered in Chinese and was posted on Youku.
Pan, chairman of Soho China, the biggest developer of prime offices in the country, began his speech in a cheerful tone, underscoring the importance of nature and Internet advancements.
After five minutes, he started talking about the "contradictions and risks" facing China, particularly the "globalization and regional protectionism," according to Forbes' English translation.
He added that such contradictions did not just appear in last year's trade but also "in every aspect," representing a problem between division and unity. "Gentlemen with kindheartedness will sacrifice for the common good," Pan said, per Forbes' translation.
While Pan did not explicitly mention the name of Trump, a slide displaying the American president's images popped up, to which Pan said: "the sycophantic small people of history always sacrifice overall interests in order to gain or maintain the interests of their own small group. This is the difference between gentlemen and small people. This contradiction will appear even stronger in 2017."
Trump has criticized globalization throughout his campaign, making it one of the tenets of his candidacy.
In Trump's inaugural speech, this was further highlighted by saying that Americans "must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs."
He also hinted at the possibility of imposing a 45 percent tariff on imported goods. This has raised some questions in China, which benefits largely from the controversial free trade agreement.
Click on the video below to watch Pan's full year-end speech delivered in Chinese.