The US president's tariff blitz has seen Washington and Beijing impose eye-watering duties on imports from the other, fanning a standoff between the economic superpowers that has sparked global recession fears and sent markets into a tailspin.
But China's online warriors have been taking advantage of the massive strides in artificial intelligence to create memes highlighting that many of the goods bought by Americans such as shoes and smartphones are made using cheap Chinese labour.
In one video, a Chinese internet user opens his hands to reveal what goods he buys from the United States -- nothing.
“Donald Trump started a trade war, so... F*** MAGA,“ he says in one video, referring to Trump's campaign slogan of Make America Great Again.
The user, based in northeastern China’s Liaoning province and who asked to be identified by his online persona “Buddhawangwang”, told AFP the posts were a way of “venting my anger“.
That included “fake news” about Xinjiang, the far-western region where Beijing is accused of widespread human rights abuses against minorities. China denies the claims.
For many in China -- whose status as “the world’s factory” fuelled its meteoric rise as an economic superpower -- the idea of Americans making their own shoes or phones is laughable.
Others show rows of befuddled overweight shophands fiddling with sewing machines as Americans make clothes, shoes and electronic devices.
One post traced a dress worn by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to Chinese online shopping platform Taobao.
“Two-faced behaviour. Don’t wear it then, don’t use it,“ another said.
'Made in China'
In one, a man in a warehouse claiming to work at a factory making Birkenstocks in the eastern hub of Yiwu sold pairs of the iconic sandal for just $10.
“If you need, please contact me,“ he added, gesturing towards stacks of boxes behind him.
The videos make “fun of how rude JD Vance is and, by extension, the Trump administration”, Bouvier said -- a timely clapback against the vice president’s “peasants” comments.
Censors on the country's strictly regulated internet appear to have scrubbed out narratives that warn of the effects they may have on Chinese consumers and manufacturers.
By contrast, the hashtag “America is fighting a trade war while begging for eggs” -- a reference to soaring prices for the kitchen staple -- was viewed 230 million times.
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