China has stepped up an international propaganda campaign against the U.S. trade war, unleashing a series of slick videos that portray itself as the “weaker” representing the rest of the world, especially developing countries.
The videos, published by the Foreign Ministry on social media, represent a dramatic hardening of Beijing’s diplomatic stance in the trade war and are part of a charm offensive aimed at portraying China as a charismatic offensive that advocates free business, while Washington “takes its allies in person.”
The promotional video contrasts the chaotic and angry American protesters on Wall Street with bright and futuristic China, shooting into space with high-tech humanoid robots and rockets.
In an image that chooses to emphasize China's positive relationship with other countries, Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius spoke at a recent meeting in Beijing and clearly portrayed a traditional African tribe who reached an agreement with Chinese businessmen.
The latest video, titled "Never Kneel Down," was released on Tuesday and warned the country not to enter a deal with the United States, reflecting Beijing's concerns that U.S. President Donald Trump used tariffs to force other countries to join the United States in quarantine China.
The video says: "Bowing to bullying is like drinking poison to craving for desire."
"China will not retreat, so the weak will be heard." "Bullying will be stopped... When the rest of the world is united, the United States is just a small boat."
The remarks in the video directly quote the United States and even Marg, Trump's political campaign to "make America great again" is the consequence of both sides' struggle to deal with the growing embargo on bilateral trade, while the United States and China each impose 145% of goods and 145% of goods for each other.
Both show that they are willing to negotiate and grant exemptions to certain basic products. But despite Trump's claim that President Xi Jinping calls him, there are still no signs of serious negotiations.
Xi Jinping visited Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia this month to strengthen ties, an offensive of China's trade war that analysts described, which also includes Europe and Latin America.
Later on Monday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his peers at a meeting of the BRICS in emerging countries that he would only incite American "bully" and urge them to fight back.
Neil Thomas, a researcher at the Center for China Analysis at the Asian Institute of Social Policy, said China hopes to "try to support in Western and non-Western capitals to prevent Trump from forming an anti-China trade group."
In the video of "Never Kneel" Beijing also tries to warn traditional American allies that Washington is not a reliable partner and highlights its past treatment of Japan through the 1985 Square Agreement, which led to appreciation of the yen and "decades of growing anemia".
These videos, along with increasingly powerful comments in state media, suggest that China is experiencing a long deadlock with the United States.
State-owned Beijing comments on Monday every day, pointing out the need to pass a 1938 speech by Mao Zedong Chairman Mao Zedong, “On the Protracted War” and support a prolonged struggle.
"Faced with the butcher's knife, many countries used to fantasize about "feeding to wolves" in exchange for a moment of fragile security." "For China, it is impossible to get probation through unilateral compromise."
The commentary said that China's strength lies in the remaining patients and the premature call to resist compromise. The author, who spoke on condition of anonymity, wrote that retreating or rushing to negotiate would not only weaken China's position, but would also misunderstand the long-term nature of the conflict.
The more difficult remarks in China’s propaganda reminiscent of the plunge in relations between the two countries between the first semesters, when Beijing unleashed a new role in international relations known as the “Wolf Warrior” diplomacy, named after a series of films in which a series of special Chinese enterprise fighters defeated the Western-led Murray.