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China has a strategy to counter Trump’s [br]tariffs, but will it be enough to beat the US?

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Welcome to China Uncensored. I’m Chris Chappell.

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The Chinese Communist Party is being backed into [br]a corner by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs,

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even if they’re only 145 percent , not [br]400 percent as Mr. Wonderful would like,

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or 1776 percent as some people on [br]the internet are clamoring for.

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But China is fighting back—the only [br]way they know how! With stubbornness

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and skullduggery. Skullduggery is not a word [br]that gets used enough in modern parlance.

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Of course, there are the retaliatory tariffs…

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And cutting off the US from critical exports.

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But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Here are four more crazy slash [br]utterly predictable ways China

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is fighting back against Trump’s tariffs.

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Number 1: diplomacy warfare.

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This week, Chinese leader Xi [br]Jinping is visiting Southeast Asia.

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You mean the CCP is actually entering another [br]country’s territory with consent for a change?

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There’s a reason why he chose that [br]as his *first* overseas trip in 2025.

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Tons of Chinese investors and [br]manufacturers have moved there.

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And China has relied on them as shipping [br]stopover points to get goods around US

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tariffs and sanctions. What? This ship [br]totally came from Vietnam, not China!

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Trump knows this, which is why he initially [br]threatened high tariffs on Southeast Asia.

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Vietnam’s responding to this by eyeing [br]crackdowns on some Chinese trade.

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That’s something China wants [br]to stop from happening,

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which is why Xi made Vietnam his first stop.

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While there, Xi signed a [br]bunch of economic agreements.

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And called for China and Vietnam to deepen [br]building a community with a shared future,

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And they might have a shared future. [br]This is incredibly risky for Vietnam.

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Trump paused tariffs on Vietnam for [br]90 days. If after that time is up,

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Trump feels Vietnam is capitulating to China, [br]those tariffs could go back in full force.

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That should also be the concern for [br]Xi’s next stop—Malaysia and Cambodia.

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Malaysia is especially important.

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It’s this year’s ASEAN chair.

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And it’s set to host the first ever Asean-Gulf [br]Cooperation Council Summit, with China invited.

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Ooh, never invite the CCP. They’re [br]like vampires. Once you let them in,

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they’ll suck you dry. And it’s likely they’ll [br]claim your home was always a part of China.

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While these tours are happening, Chinese [br]state run media is churning out propaganda

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Accusing the US of unilateral bullying.

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While China is as “A reliable partner.”

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Well, they certainly are reliable, [br]if by that you mean predictable.

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Yup, you can always rely on China [br]to be utterly, utterly predictable.

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China’s eyes aren’t just on Southeast Asia.

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It’s also trying to woo [br]Europeans with similar messages,

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Like that China and the EU should [br]jointly resist “unilateral bullying”...

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And work together to safeguard [br]global trade rules and justice.

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In other words, the global trade [br]system the CCP has weaponized.

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Unfortunately, some in Europe are [br]biting. Which once again proves that

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just because someone has a European [br]accent doesn’t mean they’re smart.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is one [br]of them. He met with Xi Jinping in Beijing…

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And is pushing the EU closer to China.

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And it’s not just Spain.

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The French foreign minister is also [br]batting for a “Franco-Chinese partnership”…

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And China and Ireland are seeking stronger ties.

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Which makes sense if you [br]think about it. After all,

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just look at all that China [br]has to offer the western world!

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Yeah, that’s kind of a problem.

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Which is why the CCP has unleashed an army [br]of China-simp influencers upon the internet.

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That brings me to the next strategy

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Number 2: Psychological Warfare

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To bolster Xi’s chances of [br]success in Southeast Asia,

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Pro-CCP influencers have been promoting [br]how much Southeast Asians love China,

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Touting how Chinese brands [br]are everywhere in Malaysia…

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And how people from Malaysia, Vietnam, and [br]Laos just love Chinese movies and TV shows.

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Yes, everyone loves China.

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Especially the Philippines.[br]Look at those skyscrapers. And high speed trains.

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But the message that’s also being pushed [br]is that China is more powerful than the US,

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that tariffs against it are [br]pointless and only hurt the US.

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The conclusion: China is [br]unstoppable. It already won.

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China remains robust despite trade restrictions.

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Meanwhile, Americans are needlessly [br]suffering a war they already lost.

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“In this tariff war, the only people

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losing is American people.”[br], “When it comes to the USA,

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we have never had the upper hand over China.[br]“And just when Trump thought he was going to flex

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up on China with his tariffs and trade war, they [br]bitch-slapped us right back with transparency.”

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“The actual machinery to manufacture at the [br]quality that we need primarily exists in China.”

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“So you can probably see why a fifty percent [br]or even a two or three hundred percent tariff

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would still not make me or almost any other [br]business move to American manufacturing

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for these sort of products. Because it [br]still doesn’t make sense financially.”

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So what are you waiting for? Come to China! [br]Where you can get cheap Chinese crap…

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…and hopefully not find yourself being

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kidnapped for hostage diplomacy! It’s [br]slightly cheaper, so it’s worth it!

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But when warping the minds of your [br]enemy isn’t enough, the CCP resorts to..

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Number 3: Outright Deceit

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Chinese companies are using outright [br]lies and deception to get around tariffs.

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Like I mentioned earlier, Trump is [br]cracking down on the way China uses

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third-party countries to escape [br]tariffs and sanctions. He’s also

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cracking down on other loopholes like [br]the de minimis exception for China,

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which allowed shipments of cheap [br]Chinese crap to come in duty-free.

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But Nikkei Asia reports that China’s logistics [br]sector is challenging Trump’s tariff enforcers…

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by helping merchants sidestep duties.

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They’re offering what’s known as “double [br]clearance and tax inclusive services”.

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Here’s how it works.

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Say you’re selling some Chinese honey.

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A Chinese logistical provider will offer to handle

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both export clearance in China [br]and import clearance in the US.

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This includes goods declarations and paying [br]import duties, as well as other fees.

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That Chinese logistical provider will do what’s [br]called double invoicing. The logistical provider

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shows one invoice to US customs authorities that [br]undervalues the value of the honey, which leads to

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reduced duties. Meanwhile, the buyers and sellers [br]of that honey use a second invoice that reflects

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the true transaction value. They categorize that [br]invoice under a service not subject to tariffs…

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…such as marketing.

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Logistics providers are also outright [br]lying in their invoices and falsifying

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customs entry summaries to reduce tariffs owed.

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So even with tariffs as high as 145 percent,

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or 1776 percent,

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Chinese manufacturers would only [br]need to pay a little more in duties.

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Meanwhile, “the logistics companies profit [br]by pocketing the difference between what

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they charge the manufacturers to cover [br]customs and what they actually pay.”

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And if you’re wondering why China is going [br]to such complex, convoluted lengths to

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avoid these tariffs instead of simply not [br]being as awful anymore… great question!

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So that takes care of China’s international image

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and sidestepping the tariffs,

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but what about those people at home who don’t much

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care for the way the CCP is handling [br]the situation? Those people do exist.

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Because the Chinese people aren’t [br]a homogenous blob that believes

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everything they’re told to believe [br]by the CCP. That’s the pro-CCP NPCs.

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Which is why the last strategy is:

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Number four: censorship!

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Former deputy director of the Chinese Academy of [br]Social Sciences’ Public Policy Research Center He

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Bin criticized China’s tariffs on Chinese social [br]media, saying they were “completely misguided”.

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But he didn’t stop there.

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He also said, “It’s like saying, ‘If you [br]dare hit your wife, I’ll hit my wife.’”

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Of course, China’s no stranger to being an [br]abusive spouse even to its own people. So that

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analogy doesn’t really work because China [br]sees it and thinks, “Challenge accepted!”

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He Bin also said, “The US raising tariffs [br]is like lifting a rock only to drop it on

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its own feet. We shouldn’t be [br]doing the same to ourselves.”

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China not doing something [br]stupid and self-destructive

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challenge? Difficulty: impossible.

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To no one’s surprise, the Public Policy [br]Research Center was officially scrapped.

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I don’t know if I want to know what’s going

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to happen to He Bin. He’ll [br]probably wind up in a bin.

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Meanwhile, China’s censoring [br]tariff-related posts on social media.

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They’ve been censoring hashtags and searches for [br]words like “tariff” and “104” back when Trump’s

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tariffs on Chinese goods were 104 percent.[br]Meanwhile, Chinese state-run media is

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pushing out local propaganda about [br]how much tariffs are hurting the US,

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With state-media initiated hashtags like, “America [br]is fighting a trade war while begging for eggs”

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And “China does not provoke [br]trouble but is never afraid of it”

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China doesn’t provoke trouble? You know what [br]clip I’m about to show *again*, don’t ya?

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This has to be a record.

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Chinese media keeps insisting, both in print [br]and on social media, that China is strong,

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strong strong. Meanwhile, anything showing the [br]negative impacts of Trump’s tariffs on China is

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absolutely taboo on Chinese social media, because [br]then that would show that the CCP has weaknesses.

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And weakness is not something [br]the CCP wants to ever show.

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They want to show strength everywhere they go,

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Whether they’re invited or not. Yup, officially [br]broke the record showing these clips.

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