Expressions of patriotic, anti-US sentiment have emerged among the Chinese public, including vows to stop selling American products, charging American customers higher prices and the widespread circulation of a song condemning US tariffs.
Since earlier this week, many Chinese business owners have displayed these kinds of messages, including that they would charge a service fee equivalent to the percentage of the Trump administration’s tariffs on Chinese goods, according to footage circulating on Chinese social media.
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”.
