Why is Melania Trump so popular in Chinese social networks?

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Melania's Chinese fans admire the fact that she is both a traditional and modern woman, an independent woman who is at the same time a loyal supporter of her husband.
With the return of Melania Trump to the White House, a wave of admiration for the American first lady has started in Chinese social networks. This issue draws attention when Donald Trump, the president of the United States and Melania's wife, has always had a strict stance towards the Chinese communist government. But it seems that people in China do not care much about this issue.

According to the New York Post, the first lady of the United States has thousands of female fans in China, a country where women have to balance tradition and modernity, and the reason for this popularity is Melania's ability to maintain the independence of her clothing style while supporting her powerful husband.

39-year-old entrepreneur Joyce Pipe wrote on social media platform Xiao Hongshu, the Chinese equivalent of Instagram, after Donald Trump's inauguration in January, "He's heroic, stylish and determined. He looks so powerful and dignified. I love him."

Pip wrote that Melania is a woman who is very real and supportive of her husband behind the scenes and stands by his side in times of need.

Thousands of other people are also fascinated by his sometimes cold and unfeeling loyalty

have become president.

The video that shows Melania refusing to hold her husband's hand when leaving the presidential plane was liked more than 5 million times on the Chinese Tik Tok platform. This video is still seen after four years and users write comments under it.

When Melania, 54, wore a wide-brimmed hat to the inauguration, similar products quickly appeared in Chinese online stores, and social media celebrities posted videos showing how to make a similar hat.

According to traditional Chinese standards, women are expected to support their husbands and their main focus is on raising children.

But according to experts, an aspect of Melania Trump's independence has also been attractive to Chinese fans, the social path she traveled from a small town in Slovenia to the position of the first lady

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