New Economy Forum
China, Unsure of How to Handle Trump, Braces for ‘New Cold War’
- Beijing sees hidden motive in trade war to thwart China’s rise
- ‘Mr. Trump put a knife on our neck. We will never surrender’
Perhaps nowhere outside America’s heartland is Donald Trump given more credit than in Beijing.
In government offices and think tanks, universities and state-run newsrooms, there is an urgent debate underway about what many here see as the hidden motive for Washington’s escalating trade war against President Xi Jinping’s government: A grand strategy, devised and led by Trump, to thwart China’s rise as a global power.