China is DESPERATE! Trump Tariffs Cut Deep

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

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

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

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

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

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

Of course, there are the retaliatory tariffs…

And cutting off the US from critical exports.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Here are four more crazy slash 
utterly predictable ways China  

is fighting back against Trump’s tariffs.

Number 1: diplomacy warfare.

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

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

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

Tons of Chinese investors and 
manufacturers have moved there.

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

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

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

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

That’s something China wants 
to stop from happening,  

which is why Xi made Vietnam his first stop.

While there, Xi signed a 
bunch of economic agreements.

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

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

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

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

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

Malaysia is especially important.

It’s this year’s ASEAN chair.

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

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

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

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

Accusing the US of unilateral bullying.

While China is as “A reliable partner.”

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

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

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

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

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

And work together to safeguard 
global trade rules and justice.

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

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

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

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

And is pushing the EU closer to China.

And it’s not just Spain.

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

And China and Ireland are seeking stronger ties.

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

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

Yeah, that’s kind of a problem.

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

That brings me to the next strategy

Number 2: Psychological Warfare

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

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

Touting how Chinese brands 
are everywhere in Malaysia…

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

Yes, everyone loves China. 

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

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

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

The conclusion: China is 
unstoppable. It already won. 

China remains robust despite trade restrictions.

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

“In this tariff war, the only people  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

…and hopefully not find yourself being  

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

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

Number 3: Outright Deceit

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

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

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

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

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

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

by helping merchants sidestep duties.

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

Here’s how it works.

Say you’re selling some Chinese honey.

A Chinese logistical provider will offer to handle  

both export clearance in China 
and import clearance in the US.  

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

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

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

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

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

…such as marketing.

Logistics providers are also outright 
lying in their invoices and falsifying  

customs entry summaries to reduce tariffs owed.

So even with tariffs as high as 145 percent, 

or 1776 percent,

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

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

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

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

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

So that takes care of China’s international image

and sidestepping the tariffs,

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

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

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

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

Which is why the last strategy is:

Number four: censorship!

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

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

But he didn’t stop there.

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

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

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

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

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

China not doing something 
stupid and self-destructive  

challenge? Difficulty: impossible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This has to be a record.

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

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

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

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

They want to show strength everywhere they go,

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

On that note, here’s something that’ll 
make the CCP weak to its knees!

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