Accompanied by the increasing presence of Chinese international students in US higher education institutions (HEIs; Institute of International Education, 2022), a growing body of scholarship has called attention to the rise of xenophobic and discriminatory sentiments toward this student population (Suspitsyna & Shalka, 2019; Yao, 2018; Yin, 2023; Yu, 2021). This study intended to address the identified gap in the extant literature by conducting an exploratory and postcolonially informed investigation into Chinese international students' stances on anti-China rhetoric. In doing so, the study sought to contribute to research and practice aimed at empowering Chinese international students and the broader non-Western international student population and developing a sustainable and equity-driven agenda to guide the internationalization of US HEIs.