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China’s Trade-War Tack Is Steeped in History
Beijing’s nationalist mood means this isn’t just another economic fight.
The Monument to the People’s Heroes, built in Tiananmen Square after the founding of the People’s Republic, is Beijing’s equivalent to the Washington Monument.
Photographer: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump certainly has a way of picking his moment.
After weeks of will-he, won’t-he, the U.S. government’s latest announcement on tariffs on $200 billion-worth of Chinese goods came Tuesday Beijing time, just as the nation was preparing a nationalistic commemoration of resistance to foreign humiliation.