Dizzied by trumpian flip-flops and clashing policy announcements, China's ruling classes no longer know quite what to expect from America—with one exception. Chinese elites appear sure that President Donald Trump's America is willing to hurt their children, as part of a racist scheme to keep China down. Outsiders might think it odd to spend time fretting about the roughly 360,000 Chinese youngsters studying in America, and whether they face tougher visa rules or unfair scrutiny from fbi agents hunting spies on college campuses. After all, tariffs worth billions of dollars are at stake in the trade war. Depending on what Mr Trump's dealmaking gut tells him, America may or may not be bent on crushing Huawei, the telecommunications giant key to China's hopes of becoming a technological superpower.
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