TOKYO -- This week, China made a volley of bombshell announcements during a four-day span as its trade war with the U.S. escalated.

Xi Jinping, superimposed in front of the Great Hall of The People, is preparing for a protracted war with the U.S. on trade. (Nikkei Montage / AP and Reuters)
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