Why China sees an opening in Donald Trump's global tariff war

[BlueWavePsych]

But while Beijing joined in the chorus of countries critical of Wednesday’s White House announcement, it also published a video that could serve as its most provocative reaction.

The clip last less than a minute, but encompasses a broad spectrum of world events that have been, and continue to be, shaped by America’s vast and deep global footprint. The disastrous conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as the rekindling of Israel’s war in Gaza. Disputes over borders and crime and security. The troubling recent cases of intimidation and suppression of political opponents and dissidents.

These past and present realities are illustrated with distinctly American images and trigger words like “violence,” “exploitation,” “backstabbing,” “greed,” and, of course, “tariffs.”

But the idyllic alternative to this dystopian reality has a clearly Chinese façade, and it is set in the video against the lyrics of John Lennon’s “Imagine” and Michael Jackson’s “We are the World.

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It’s a truly creative feat that a country which has been repeatedly accused of espionage, foreign interference, human rights violations and which, last month, executed four Canadian citizens convicted on drug charges, is casting itself as the bright alternative to a darkening United States.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump and the US have become so evil, China looks good.