If you’ve been paying any attention to Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail, you might imagine China would be quaking in its boots. Rarely has a candidate so relentlessly attacked a peaceful trade partner. Trump has accused China of manipulating its currency and stealing American jobs, and promised a 45 percent tariff on all Chinese goods—intended to devastate the country’s export-driven economy. He has even tweeted far more about China than about any other of his favorite foreign nemeses like Mexico or ISIS. These attacks have worried economists, diplomats and free-trade advocates. But one group that seems surprisingly sanguine is the Chinese people.
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