Trump’s trade war: the view from China – podcast

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After a fortnight in which Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs evolved into an escalating trade war with China, a sense of defiant nationalism has been building in the east Asian country. The Chinese foreign ministry has even been sharing historic video clips from the former leader Mao Zedong: “As to how long this war will last, we are not the ones to decide … We’ll fight until we completely triumph!” Speaking from Beijing, the Guardian’s China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, tells Helen Pidd that while politically there is little appetite for backing down, the Chinese economy is not as strong as...