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::::::I was following China news quite closely at this time. My sense is that the Hong Kong issue overshadowed the question of tariffs. For example, China retaliated against Trump's tariffs by refusing to buy American soybeans. Soybeans are used mainly as food for pigs. The soybean crisis led to a major increase in the price of pork in China. The Chinese I talked to said they just switched to beef or something. Nobody viewed the trade war as something that had a major effect on them (or China).
::::::I was following China news quite closely at this time. My sense is that the Hong Kong issue overshadowed the question of tariffs. For example, China retaliated against Trump's tariffs by refusing to buy American soybeans. Soybeans are used mainly as food for pigs. The soybean crisis led to a major increase in the price of pork in China. The Chinese I talked to said they just switched to beef or something. Nobody viewed the trade war as something that had a major effect on them (or China).
::::::As for Hong Kong, Beijing's strategy hinged on winning the local election on 24 November 2019. If the virus escaped in August or September, that was at a time when the communists still assumed that they could win this election. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 00:04, September 24, 2021 (EDT)
::::::As for Hong Kong, Beijing's strategy hinged on winning the local election on 24 November 2019. If the virus escaped in August or September, that was at a time when the communists still assumed that they could win this election. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 00:04, September 24, 2021 (EDT)
:::::::Actually the AP link I used is not a good one. Much is made about how the agreement to pay the $350 billion in tariffs was signed on January 15, and four days later on January 19 the covid panic ensued. That's not quite the full story. An agreement was reached and signed between negotiators on something like July 15, 2019, to be ratified by their respective leaders in the respective capitals 6 months later on January 15, 2020. It appears to me, IMHO, the Chinese negotiators had no intention of living up to the agreement, signed it to buy time, while reporting back to their bosses that they had failed. And of course, the Chinese negotiators were acting on instructions from their bosses all along. They inked the agreement in July with no intention to ever abide by it. So the decision to take Trump out and destroy the U.S. and global economy was made by July 15, 2019. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]</sup> 00:35, September 24, 2021 (EDT)