China fumes peasants in the US will suffer as country issues stark warning on Trumps shameless tariff war

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.”“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 “Chinese peasants to buy things those Chinese peasants manufacture.”The official, meanwhile, went on to say that bullying tactics like the ensuing tariff war had never worked on Chinese people, including those from Hong Kong.“The Chinese people do not cause trouble, nor are they afraid of trouble.

Pressure, threats and blackmail are not the right way to deal with China,” he said.His reaction came after China opted to hike its levies on imports of US goods last week to 125% in retaliation over Trump’s move to raise tariffs on Chinese goods to 145%.With Post wires...