China is reportedly threatening to ban the import of U.S. films in what appears to be a desperate tantrum in response to President Donald Trump’s latest America-first tariff escalation.
According to a Bloomberg report, two top Chinese state-linked bloggers with deep ties to Beijing’s propaganda machine revealed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is considering a sweeping set of retaliatory measures.
Among the threats? A full ban on Hollywood movies entering China.
The leak came from Liu Hong, a senior editor at Xinhuanet — the official website of the Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency — and Harvard-educated CCP mouthpiece Ren Yi (aka “Chairman Rabbit”), the grandson of a former Communist Party boss.
These supposed countermeasures to Trump’s bold tariffs include:
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Suspending cooperation with the U.S. on fentanyl (which Beijing itself helped flood into American communities),
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Jacking up tariffs on American farm goods like soybeans and sorghum,
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Blocking U.S. poultry,
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Clamping down on American service industries,
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Investigating U.S. intellectual property in China,
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And, of course, reducing/banning U.S. films.
Bloomberg reported:
One of the accounts, called Niutanqin, is a verified personal account run by Liu, who’s worked for Xinhua since 1998. He posted the information just hours after China vowed to “fight to the end” in response to Trump’s latest tariff threats. He’s the deputy editor-in-chief of the state-run news website, according to a December filing.
The same outline has also been shared by Chairman Rabbit, the social media moniker for Ren Yi, the influential Harvard University-educated grandson of former Guangdong party chief Ren Zhongyi.
Liu and China’s Commerce Ministry didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
For years, Beijing has treated Hollywood like a puppet on a string — demanding scripts be softened to appease the regime, blacklisting films that don’t fit the CCP’s agenda, and even demanding pro-China content. Yet now, with President Trump refusing to back down on reciprocal tariffs, the CCP is throwing a fit and threatening to exile Hollywood entirely.
Conservatives see it differently: Good riddance.
Awesome!! Now we can get patriotic American themes back in our movies. No more forced casting and script concessions just to get the film accepted in Chinese theaters.
— Honest Abe (@Honest_Abe_1864) April 8, 2025
These days Hollywood wokism is like societies poison.
Hollywood is producing more and more woke content, and even the western world is turning away from American films.
Fewer and fewer people watch the Oscar’s anymore.— Specialist MD (@rheumatics) April 8, 2025
I see this as a positive thing for the entertainment industry.
— daniel (@mars_quaking) April 8, 2025
Wait, in retaliation, they are going to punish Hollywood?
Do it! ✊️— Proud American (@BlueGreen808) April 8, 2025
