As Washington and Beijing remain locked in a high-stakes tariff war, an insider said Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are willing to engage in a long-term conflict with the United States.
According to the insider, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s close ally, Cai Qi, said at a high-level CCP meeting to assess the U.S.–China tariff war that the Chinese populace must endure the resulting economic strain—even if it causes suffering for the Chinese people on par with the Great Famine of 1959 to 1961, which killed an estimated 40 million across rural China.
After Washington imposed tit-for-tat tariffs, both sides on May 12 agreed to reduce tariffs for 90 days to allow for negotiations. Meanwhile, CCP officials have pledged to “fight to the end” and have made references to wartime rhetoric about achieving “total victory.”…
China Will Fight US Tariffs Even at Famine-Level Cost: Insider
