Trump Has 1.3 Billion Reasons Not to Pick a Fight With China
- Xi has little room to make concessions before party congress
- China leaders already fanning national pride, stressing unity
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U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked China on everything from trade to Taiwan to pressure his counterpart Xi Jinping to cede ground. In doing so he risks a backlash that could make doing deals even harder.
China has a population of 1.3 billion and its dominant state-run media seeks to burnish the image of the Communist Party. In that environment, Trump’s hectoring could stoke nationalism in a year where China’s leaders are already working hard to instill public pride and stress unity.