Trump 'starring in street fighter-style drama of extortion' says Chinese media

As tariffs bite, Communist Party’s People’s Daily says trade has become a ‘zero-sum game’ thanks to US policy

Reuters

Mon 6 Aug 2018 01.26 EDT

Chinese state media has lashed out at US president Donald Trump’s trade policies in an unusually personal attack, that came as Beijing seeks to reassure investors about the health of China’s economy as growth concerns roiled its financial markets.

China’s strictly controlled news outlets have frequently rebuked the United States and the Trump administration as the trade conflict has escalated, but they have largely refrained from specifically targeting Trump.

The latest criticism from the overseas edition of the ruling Communist Party’s People’s Daily newspaper singled out Trump, saying he was starring in his own “street fighter-style deceitful drama of extortion and intimidation”.

Trump’s desire for others to play along with his drama is “wishful thinking”, a commentary on the paper’s front page said, arguing that the United States had escalated trade friction with China and turned international trade into a “zero-sum game”.

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