China's final warning

"China's final warning" (Russian: последнее китайское предупреждение, romanized: posledneye kitayskoye preduprezhdeniye) is a Russian ironic idiom originating from the Soviet Union that refers to a warning that carries no real consequences.

[1] Relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s were strained because of disputes over the political status of Taiwan.

[2] The People's Republic of China released its first "final warning" to the United States on 7 September 1958 during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.

[4] Since the 1972 Shanghai Communiqué that warmed US-China relations, the phrase has continued being used in reference to fruitless warnings in situations unrelated to politics or China.

[1][4] The term was popularized in English-language social media during the lead-up to Nancy Pelosi's 2022 visit to Taiwan to refer to China's threats which were said to be superficially strong, but actually weak.