Many Chinese traders are not afraid of the US president and his 145% tariffs.
Rather, they have sparked a wave of online Chinese nationalists to produce offensive memes in a number of popular movies and reels, some of which feature tech tycoon Elon Musk working on iPhone and shoe assembly lines, Vice-President JD Vance, and an AI-generated President Trump.
President Xi Jinping has made it apparent that Beijing would not back down, and China is not acting like a country undergoing economic hardship.
“China has relied on hard effort and self-reliance for development for almost 70 years. This month, he declared, “It has never depended on anyone’s gifts and is not scared of any irrational suppression.”
