Exporting to the US is 15% of Chinese exports. Even if that goes to 0% it will not devastate Chinese businesses. It will hurt some there, but if your US business imports a larger percentage of its raw materials or parts from China, you are out of business as there are few alternates. China can sell to any other country to make up some of the loss.

> China is facing an economic situation similar to the COVID lockdowns

That sentence sounds like an exaggeration—if not outright propaganda. I mean, will their 15% of exports to the US impact their economy? Will it cause a slight slowdown? Possibly. But people often forget that around $50–100 billion worth of exports were excluded from the tariffs.

Do you have any sources other than those funded by the U.S. government—especially ones without a history like this?

"On May 10, 2020, RFA published a news article titled "China Border Inspection Strengthens Inspection of Entry and Exit Nationals, International Students Had Their Passports Cut," [83] which contained a screenshot of a Reddit post by a user who said his passport had been clipped by China's border inspections. However, it was later revealed that the user's attached picture was stolen from someone else. The news triggered criticism from mainland Chinese media, saying that the claims stated in the news were incongruent with the situation.[84]

On 11 May 2021, Fact-checker First Draft News found that Chinese- and Cantonese-language versions of Radio Free Asia (RFA) published anti-vaccine misinformation regarding the Chinese vaccines, particularly the ones manufactured by Sinopharm and Sinovac. The investigation found the RFA articles amplified misleading claims about the vaccine programs, and its stories were reprinted by popular tabloid newspapers to reinforce the anti-vaccine misinformation. The RFA site did not cover suspected adverse events related to Western-made vaccines. Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, program director at the National Cancer Institute, believed these articles caused vaccine hesitancy and global public health risks. Masato Kajimoto, a misinformation expert and journalism professor at the University of Hong Kong, suggested the articles were biased toward anti-Beijing messages and repeated unsubstantiated claims made by unreliable sources, such as The Epoch Times.[85]"