1 week Ago By James Paul
Amid the ongoing tit-for-tat tariff war between Washington and Beijing, the Chinese have thrown their hats in the meme ring. Amid its slamfest on X/Twitter taking a dig at Trump’s eccentric 125%, China has retaliated with similar tariffs against all US imports, along with a dollop of meme. In its statement, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) remarked that the surge in the import tax doesn’t make any sense and will “ ultimately go down as a joke in world economic history .
” It further stated that if the United States imposes further tariffs, then “ China will ignore it .” The Chinese tariffs commission further warned that if the Trump administration continues to bully the country with tariffs, then “ China will take firm countermeasures and fight to the end .” Speaking of bullying by the US, Lin Jian, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, quipped, “ Give the bully an inch, and he will take a mile .
” In another tweet, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning, recalled a quote from Mao Zedong that stated, “ The US intimidates certain countries, stopping them from doing business with us. But America is just a paper tiger. Don’t believe its bluff.
One poke, and it’ll burst!” Both the nations have come very far since the 1964 quote and only time will tell which country is bluffing. pic.twitter.
com/A0H6qkk2Ia — Chinese Embassy in US (@ChineseEmbinUS) April 11, 2025 🔴Even if the United States imposes even higher tariffs, it would no longer make economic sense and ultimately go down as a joke in world economic history. 🔴Given that it's already impossible for the Chinese market to accept #US imports at the current tariff level, if the..
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com/5MA0OjL5EL — Chinese Embassy in US (@ChineseEmbinUS) April 11, 2025 🇨🇳In the face of #US hegemony and bullying, remember this: pic.twitter.com/EYQOB3euFG — Chinese Embassy in US (@ChineseEmbinUS) April 11, 2025 China never bluffs—and we see through those who do.
pic.twitter.com/vwghvlJ2w0 — Mao Ning 毛宁 (@SpoxCHN_MaoNing) April 11, 2025 In addition to relaying the aforementioned in its tweet, the Chinese embassy in the USA also shared a meme poking fun at Uncle Sam and Donald Trump.
pic.twitter.com/fIcHpWFkvw — Chinese Embassy in US (@ChineseEmbinUS) April 11, 2025 Reactions poured in even as the US and the PRC affiliate accounts engaged in a full-scale meme war, bullying and humiliating each other.
If only the next world war is just social media users throwing memes at each other and casualties are determined by the volume of likes and shares. And everyone logs off in the evening and calls it a day. pic.
twitter.com/pxWckCySZy — Jon Gabriel (@exjon) April 11, 2025 pic.twitter.
com/bea5ocWlQy — CryptoRomulus (@CryptoRomulus) April 11, 2025 🤭 Silrey old bear. pic.twitter.
com/daCYU7BQgg — Ron (@RonStan44933983) April 11, 2025 pic.twitter.com/2ZlSBpaOUw — American.
357 (@ASimplePatriot) April 11, 2025 pic.twitter.com/h5XeYLKYot — Tom Knighton-Brutal American (@TheTomKnighton) April 11, 2025 The best comic artists in the CCP forgot to draw uncle sam's eyeballs https://t.
co/Xs4Nnm3AUY — Auk (@slugmoreslug) April 12, 2025 SHITPOSTING WORLD WAR IS ON! $PEPE is the nuke https://t.co/NdvpIyppoZ pic.twitter.
com/sOgLcnMJpG — iulian 🟩 0x69 (@0x_iulianivg) April 11, 2025 china embassy has thrown its hat into the ring for memes https://t.co/SVoNH4NvFi — HindsightCap (@Data_Junkie_) April 11, 2025 See Also: Amazon Cancelled Some Inventory Orders From China As Tariff War Escalates; Internet Jibes ‘Order From Temu’ See Also: ‘Ji Bhar Ke Lado’ Internet Brings Popcorn As China Threatens US Over Escalating Tariff War In Viral Tweet.
