Chinese netizens air anger, patriotism and anti-American views amid tariff war
Video clips of Mao Zedong and nationalistic films are circulating as Chinese citizens and business owners consider fallout from Trump’s tariffs
Expressions of patriotic, anti-US sentiment have emerged among the Chinese public, including vows to stop selling American products, charge American customers higher prices and the widespread circulation of a song condemning US tariffs.
This week many Chinese business owners have displayed these kinds of messages online, including claims that they would charge a service fee equivalent to the percentage of the tariffs on Chinese goods.
While similar messages are displayed in other restaurants, bars, billiard rooms and jewellery shops, they are prompting mixed responses from Chinese internet users.
Beijing’s media arm has kept up its defiant language reaffirming a willingness to “strike back”.