China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: TNS
Opinion
Opinion
Quick Take
by Fraser Howie
China has no idea how to play Trump, and is doing what it always does when it smells trouble
In the past, Beijing has reacted to economic challenges by opening its credit spigot and letting the money flow, and that’s what it has started doing this time too even though the mess from the last crisis is yet to be cleared