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Below is Part One of CDT’s full translation of the interview, published with Chai Jing’s permission.Some explanatory links and descriptions of audio-visual content have been added for clarity ...

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The first reaction by China’s state media apparatus following the Trump administration’s escalating trade war last week was to censor online commentary about the scale of tariffs. Now, it has ...