China’s netizen nationalists hope Trump’s conviction brings unrest

Washington — The conviction of former U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday for falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment ahead of the 2016 election quickly became one of the hottest topics on Chinese social media. Trump’s conviction became the most searched topic on Chinese social media platform Weibo and search engine Baidu on Friday morning in China. On short-video platform Douyin, TikTok’s China-based sister application, it also landed among the five most searched topics. While views varied, many Chinese netizens posted they hope the verdict by a New York jury, which found Trump guilty on 34 felonymore