China takes the trade war to social media, censors words like ‘tariff’ and ‘104’

The trade war between Donald Trump and China has escalated to social media. The communist regime has decided to apply censorship regarding issues related to tariffs and to push other content that paints the United States in a bad light.

The latest reports indicate that China has blocked certain information so that its citizens cannot access it through platforms such as Weibo and WeChat, some of the most widely used in the country.

According to a report by Reuters, words such as "tariff" and "104" (Trump's percentage levy on Chinese imports), along with their respective hashtags, have disappeared from searches on Weibo and WeChat.

In addition, posts containing information about the tariffs were deleted under the concept of "content suspected of violating relevant laws, regulations and policies."

What China is allowing and even encouraging are posts that minorly disparage and take aim at the United States. The news agency included examples such as the egg shortage, something that was reported in recent weeks in the U.S.

This Wednesday, the tariffs set by Trump against imports from much of the world came into force. They also affect Chinese products, on which a 104% tax is imposed. China, which has positioned itself as one of the most retaliatory countries and least willing to negotiate, counterattacked by imposing tariffs of 84% against U.S. products.