Harmful fallacy to believe US can win the trade war

CLEVERNESS MAY OVERREACH itself sometimes, a Chinese proverb observes, which describes what some US politicians are doing in the trade frictions with China. People's Daily comments:

They have left almost no means untried in trying to force, coerce, frighten, press and induce Beijing to succumb to Washington's will. Chinese companies are sanctioned, the Chinese government is demonized, China's initiatives are vilified, Chinese people are smeared, and even Chinese civilization is portrayed in a distorted manner.

These US politicians have no shame and are bewitched by their self-deceptive words, which are in fact humiliating, and harm the US credibility in the eyes of many other countries.