https://www.scmp.com/rss/328749/feed Sasha is a freelance journalist and scholar based in the US. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Steve Bannon, US President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, says it was a book by two Chinese military officers that helped him conclude that “China was engaging in economic warfare against us”. Bannon, who claims to have been “one of the biggest China hawks” in the president’s circle of advisers even before the trade war Trump started this year, also called Beijing’s “totalitarian political and economic system” the root of the rivalry between the two great powers. Unrestricted Warfare, a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2166982/steve-bannon-two-chinese-military-officers-and-book-made-him?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2166982/steve-bannon-two-chinese-military-officers-and-book-made-him?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:00:15 +0000 US President Donald Trump’s strategy is to make the trade war with China “unprecedentedly large” and “unbearably painful” for Beijing, and he will not back down before victory, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in an exclusive interview. Bannon said the aim was not just to force China to give up on its “unfair trade practices” – the ultimate goal was to “re-industrialise America” because manufacturing was the core of a nation’s power. He also took aim at the “Made in China... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2165185/trump-wont-back-down-us-president-plans-make-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2165185/trump-wont-back-down-us-president-plans-make-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:00:15 +0000