CIA Director John Ratcliffe emphasized the looming military, technological and economic threats from China in an internal memo to employees two days before President Trump’s trade war against Beijing took off,

Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang believes it's "a win for Trump" as a "really bad story for Beijing" emerges in the trade tensions between China and the U.S.

President Donald Trump misjudged Beijing by calculating that it would cave into economic pressure, leaving the US unprepared to handle the current tariff standoff, according to an adviser to China’s Foreign Ministry.