Chinese official mocks ‘US peasants’ in tariff war jibe

Washington’s tariff spree will eventually backfire on itself, Xia Baolong has said

A senior Chinese official has slammed US President Donald Trump’s “extremely arrogant and shameless” tariffs against Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, added that “the US peasants” would “wail before the 5,000-year-old civilization.” 

Xia’s comment is the latest in a war of words between the US and China...