Chinese citizens are reportedly posting openly critical and mocking comments about Donald Trump during his summit in Beijing.

And, highly unusually for the one-party state, government censors appear to be letting them spread.

On Wednesday, CNN’s Erin Burnett highlighted a series of viral online posts that mocked both Trump and the United States, noting that “Beijing’s strict censors are letting the ridicule go viral, which is a statement in and of itself.”

Among the comments circulating online, Burnett said, were:

“They’ll look up to us from now on.”

“Trump came to China. We won the tariff war.”

“Trump. You’re welcome to visit China and learn from us.”

“The U.S. is no longer a country that we look up to. We can now compete with them with confidence and strength.”

“The U.S. Economy is in bad shape. Trump has been blustering Iran for so long, yet hasn’t bought them a real victory. America has lost its swagger. They’re nothing but a paper tiger.”

Burnett noted that “in China, political content like this never goes viral, especially when you have a head of state coming.” She suggested the posts are spreading because “government censors want” them to.

“And by the tone of the messages, the Chinese government feels they’ve got the upper hand,” she added.

Watch the segment here:

Elsewhere on CNN, residents in Beijing also expressed reluctance to the “News Central” show about China becoming involved in the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, while also criticizing Trump.

“I don’t think China should interfere too much in those kinds of issues,” one resident said.

Another added: “I don’t have a good impression of President Trump at all. The U.S.-Iran conflict was stirred up by him, too. I just think this guy … look at the trade and economic war before. Wasn’t that him too?”

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