GLOBAL SHAKING: CHINA WARNS OF ‘DRAMATIC CHANGES’ AND ‘FIRES BEING LIT’ AS PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES OFFICE
“Frictions between the US and its allies, and trade tensions between the US and China seem inevitable within the four years ahead,” said an editorial by the Global Times, a pro-government tabloid newspaper with a reputation for populist rhetoric.
by Geoffrey Grider
NowTheEndBegins.com
January 21, 2017
CHINA HAS REACTED NERVOUSLY TO DONALD TRUMP’S INAUGURATION, WITH ONE STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA OUTLET WARNING OF “DRAMATIC CHANGES” AND “FIRES” BEING LIT BY THE NEW US ADMINISTRATION.
International relations experts in China suggested the time had come for Beijing to make preparations for a sharp deterioration in relations with Washington. Mr Trump frequently hit out at China during his campaigning, branding the Beijing government “currency manipulators” and implicitly threatening a trade war.
His inauguration speech did not directly reference the country, but he spoke about foreign industries being “enriched” at the expense of American jobs.
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