A top Chinese official warned Tuesday that President Trump’s “extremely shameless” tariff war would backfire soon — leaving “those peasants in the US” wailing.
Xia Baolong, a senior Chinese official who oversees Hong Kong and Macao, lashed out over Trump’s decision to slap a 145% levy on goods from the region, calling the move “brutally unreasonable.”
“The US isn’t after our tariffs but our very survival,” Xia said in a televised speech. “The US has repeatedly contained and suppressed Hong Kong… and this will eventually backfire on itself.”
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“Let those peasants in the United States wail in front of the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization,” he added.
His remarks came after Vice President JD Vance had said earlier this month that the US borrows from
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