Pence's surreal speech was at least good for a laugh

Editor's note: A social media poster, Niutanqin, whose name conveys the meaning talking to a brick wall, responded to US Vice-President Mike Pence's speech attacking China at the Hudson Institute on Thursday last week. The following excerpts were popular and have been widely reposted:

Dear Vice-President Mike Pence,

There is actually nothing new in your speech, which is full of the fusty arrogance, if not self-deceptive shortsightedness, of the United States. Your fearlessness has made you a laughingstock of the Chinese.