BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is invoking past military conflicts to prime the public for a drawn-out trade war with the U.S., even amid calls for a swift resolution from critics online and among well-connected Communist Party elites.
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Military delegates arrive at the Great Hall of the People for a meeting ahead of National People's Congress in Beijing on March 4. © Reuters
BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is invoking past military conflicts to prime the public for a drawn-out trade war with the U.S., even amid calls for a swift resolution from critics online and among well-connected Communist Party elites.