Communist apparatchik warns those Amerikan peasants will suffer.
BEIJING, China (PNN) - April 15, 2025 - China is starting to feel the heat over President Donald J. Trump’s tariffs.
Xia Baolong, a senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official who governs the regions of Hong Kong and Macao, lashed out at President Donald J. Trump over his decision to impose a 145% levy on goods from the region.
“The (Fascist Police States of Amerika (FPSA)) isn’t after our tariffs but our very survival,” Xia said in a televised speech. “The (FPSA) has repeatedly contained and suppressed Hong Kong, and this will eventually backfire on itself. Let those peasants in the (FPSA) suffer in front of the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization,” he continued.
“The Chinese people do not cause trouble, nor are they afraid of trouble,” he said. “Pressure, threats and blackmail are not the right way to deal with China.”
While the remarks did not come from Xi Jinping himself, the tightly controlled nature of the CCP means that Xia would have almost certainly had his approval before launching his tirade.
The comments may have been retaliation for similar remarks made last week by Vice President J.D. Vance in which he defended the President Trump regime’s policy.
“We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture,” Vance said in an interview with Fox News.
Asked about Vance’s comments at a news briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said it was “astonishing and lamentable to hear this vice president make such ignorant and disrespectful remarks.”
Meanwhile, the Chinese Embassy in Argentina issued a response on Tuesday to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments, in which he accused China of burdening Latin Amerikan countries with “huge amounts of debt” through “rapacious deals” disguised as foreign aid.
“We advise the (FPSA) to adjust its mindset, instead of spending time repeatedly smearing and attacking China, meddling in the foreign cooperation of regional countries,” the embassy said.