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08-05-2025
- Politics
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"Never Kneel Down", China Launches Fierce Video Defying Trump's Trade War Firstpost America
"Never Kneel Down", China Launches Fierce Video Defying Trump's Trade War | Firstpost America | N18G "Never Kneel Down", China Launches Fierce Video Defying Trump's Trade War | Firstpost America | N18G China has launched a powerful propaganda video titled "Never Kneel Down" in direct response to US President Donald Trump's aggressive trade tactics. Released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the English-narrated video is filled with dramatic music, high-tech visuals, and sharp accusations. It labels America a "bully," warns that "bowing is like drinking poison," and declares that "China won't kneel." The video reframes the US-China trade war as a global battle for fairness and solidarity, urging nations to stand against American "hegemony." Viral social media clips mocking US infrastructure and praising China's rise accompanied the campaign. Beijing's message is loud and clear — it's not backing down. See More
South China Morning Post
02-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Why China's ‘Never Kneel Down' video fails to change US trade war narrative
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said it hoped that the social media video produced and released under its auspices this week would effectively communicate China 's stance in the ongoing tariff war with the United States Advertisement But apart from being endorsed by Chinese internet users and ringing of strident jingoism, it is doubtful whether the video will provide any new insights into China's well-known position on tariffs to a broader global audience. On Tuesday, China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Office released a video titled 'Never Kneel Down', emphasising China's refusal to yield to US tariff policies Spokesman Guo Jiakun stated during a regular press briefing that he hoped the video would help all parties better understand China's position. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Guo Jiakun. Photo: EPA-EFE Voiced in both Chinese and English amid an ominous background and generous sprinkle of black and white visuals, the video boldly declared: 'Bowing down only leads to relentless pressure; China will not kneel!'
Daily Mail
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
China calls US a 'small, stranded boat' and vows not to 'kneel down' to Washington 'bullying' in incendiary new video amid soaring tensions sparked by Trump's tariffs
China has issued scathing criticism of the United States in a bold propaganda video, calling its Western rival a 'small, stranded boat' in the wake of Donald Trump 's tariff peddling and vowing to stand up to Washington's 'bullying'. The clip, published by China's foreign affairs ministry and entitled 'Never Kneel Down', sought to cast Beijing as a saviour for the downtrodden and defender of those targeted by US imperialism. Over images of African children and a paper tiger emblazoned with the US flag, the narrator said: 'China won't back down so the voices of the weak will be heard. Bullying will be stopped and justice will not disappear from the world.' It went on to show a boat lying marooned in a desert in an overt nod to Trump's isolationist policies as the narrator continued: The US is not the entire world. The US is just a small, stranded boat... make no mistake, the US will keep flip-flopping and playing hardball. 'But China will stand firm,' the voice said, as clips of Chinese warplanes jetting off aircraft carriers aimed to display Beijing's military and industrial prowess. The video, published across social media, also made reference to America's involvement in the Korean War and likened yielding to Trump's 145% tariffs to 'drinking poison'. 'China won't kneel down, because we know standing up for ourselves keeps the possibility of cooperation alive, while compromise snuffs it out,' the narration said, over footage of a Russian-made Chinese MiG-15 fighter jet shooting down a US plane in the 1950s. 'Imperialists are always arrogant. If they show a bit of reason it's only because they are forced to do so,' it added, this time over footage of the signing of the armistice that ended the war. Over images of African children and a paper tiger emblazoned with the US flag, the narrator said: 'China won't back down so the voices of the weak will be heard. Bullying will be stopped and justice will not disappear from the world Beijing has made little effort to contain its anger at Trump's tariffs, which it says amount to economic bullying that will do nothing to stop the rise of the world's second-largest economy. China's top diplomat Wang Yi earlier this week likened Trump's trade policy to 'the open return of the law of the jungle,' during a meeting of foreign ministers from developing nations in Brazil. 'If we choose to stay silent or compromise, it will only embolden the bully further,' Wang told his BRICS bloc counterparts, according to a foreign ministry readout. The official propaganda is matched by endless tariff memes posted by regular users on Chinese social media platforms, where censors scrub anything sensitive. 'The King has come up with new tariffs! Peasants, peasants, listen up!' run the lyrics to an up-tempo, electro-beat song on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, referring to comments from Vice President JD Vance who used the term 'peasants' to refer to Chinese people earlier this month. 'Tariffs for you even if you are not human!' the song continues, showing a picture of a penguin, after US levies were applied to uninhabited Antarctic islands. One AI-generated image on WeChat shows Trump, Vance and Tesla boss Elon Musk assembling sneakers and cheap flip-flops at a factory. Another shows a picture of Trump next to a pig's snout. But the tariffs have already begun to bite as export orders from China sink, according to monthly surveys of Chinese factory managers released today. The official survey by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing shows export orders slowed sharply in April, with Beijing and Washington in a standoff after Trump ordered combined tariffs of up to 145% on Chinese goods. China in return slapped 125% duties on US products, with some exemptions. It has also ordered other retaliation, such as tighter restrictions on exports of some strategically important minerals used for high-tech products such as electric vehicles. Amid the skyrocketing import costs, American businesses are cancelling orders from China and postponing expansion plans as they watch to see what comes. While China continues to contend with sky-high tariffs, many other nations have been granted a 90-day pause on the levies as Trump invites them to strike trade bargains - though a flat 10% tariff on products from almost every country in the world remains in place. But Trump's trade war is also set to exact an economic toll at home, as economists say recession risks in the US are climbing. An early sign of the damage is expected to emerge later today when the Commerce Department releases its first look at first-quarter economic growth. The economy is forecast to have expanded at an annual pace of just 0.8% from January through March, according to a survey of economists by the data firm FactSet. That would be the slowest quarter of growth in nearly three years and would be down from a healthy 2.4% in the last three months of 2024. Many economists suspect things are even worse. Asked how much of deterioration in the world's biggest economy could be traced to Trump's erratic policies, Boston College economist Brian Bethune said: 'All of it.'
India Today
30-04-2025
- Business
- India Today
Watch: China sends defiant 'never kneel down' message to Trump over tariffs
China has released a video titled 'Never Kneel Down', vowing not to bow to President Donald Trump's trade tactics and positioning itself as a champion of the global clip, released on Tuesday by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and widely promoted on social media, is laced with nationalistic imagery — high-tech factories, rocket launches, and sweeping orchestral music — all bragging about China's video's message is blunt, "China won't back down so the voices of the weak will be heard When the rest of the world stands together in solidarity, the US is just a small stranded boat." The video comprises subtitles in both Mandarin and English to amplify the message for a global Kneel Down! CHINA MFA Spokesperson (@MFA_China) April 29, 2025 The video marks a continuation of China's strategy to reframe the ongoing trade war not just as a bilateral dispute, but as a global test of economic fairness and international order."Someone has to step forward, torch in hand, to shatter the fog and illuminate the path ahead," the video at a press briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun thanked viewers for engaging with the ministry's social media outreach, "We hope this video could help all parties better understand China's position."advertisementThe video comes after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's call on BRICS nations to resist making side deals with the US, warning that appeasement would only embolden what he called a 'bully.'Earlier this month, China also circulated satirical AI-generated clips showing overweight Americans in factory settings — a jab at US labor conditions amid the escalating trade READ: Harvard faces backlash for hosting Pak officials after Pahalgam terror attack
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
US is a ‘small, stranded boat', says China in propaganda video
Credit: X/@MFA_China China has compared the US to a 'small, stranded boat' isolated by Donald Trump's trade war as Beijing steps up its propaganda battle with America. In posts shared on social media by China's foreign affairs ministry, Beijing said it would it stand up to American 'bullying' on trade. It accused the US of 'imperialism' in its efforts to force countries to limit trade with the world's second-largest economy. Over images of African children, China's foreign ministry said it 'won't back down so the voices of the weak will be heard'. The video, entitled Never Kneel Down, contrasts images of dollar bills slipping into a black hole with shots of fighter jets taking off and rockets launching into space, meant to signify China's rising military and industrial might. 'Bowing to a bully is like drinking poison to quench thirst,' the video said in an apparent justification of the 125pc tariffs China has imposed on US goods in response to the Trump administration's 145pc levies on Chinese imports. 'The US does not represent the entire world. When the rest of the world stands together in solidarity, the US is just a small, stranded boat,' subtitles on the video read. Messages are presented in both English and Mandarin. The latest propaganda video follows mocking AI clips sent out on Chinese social media earlier this month, showing overweight Americans working in factories. A viral 30-second clip showed a series of miserable-looking obese Americans slowly sewing garments and building smartphones on crowded shop floors. Credit: TikTok/ axiang67 China's continued defiance comes despite signs that the Trump administration's will may be weakening in the trade war with Beijing. Reports suggest Mr Trump has considered cutting tariffs on China in an effort to lower the temperature in the trade war. Scott Bessent, the US Treasury secretary, said on Tuesday that it was up to China to de-escalate the trade war. 'They sell five times more to us than we sell to them,' he said. Mr Trump has indicated his administration is close to signing agreements with a number of countries handed a 90-day reprieve from the worst of his levies. He told reporters on Friday that a deal with Japan was 'very close'. On Monday, China's foreign minister Wang Yi urged members of the Brics alliance of countries, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, not to strike deals with the US. At a meeting of members, he said appeasement would only embolden the 'bully'. Xi Jinping, China's president, has been seeking to forge closer ties with south-east Asian nations as Mr Trump's tariffs threaten to upend economies. He visited Shanghai on Tuesday and called for the city to accelerate efforts to turn itself into a technological and innovation hub with global influence, the state news agency Xinhua reported. Carol Kong, a strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said: 'Given the conflicting signals, I think a deal is very unlikely in the near-term and China might be preparing for a protracted trade war.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
