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Why Trump and Xi Jinping’s 'special relationship' soured

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Some fear what the promises of US president-elect Donald Trump means for the country’s export-driven economy.

China has been in training for a second Trump presidency, says Jie Yue , a Senior Research Fellow on China at Chatham House , a London -based think tank.

But she warns that the world should still “expect a roller-coaster type of relationship to unfold” when Trump takes office in January .

China has become more assertive in its territorial claims over Taiwan and the South China Sea .

Washington is now concerned that the country is building a bigger nuclear arsenal.

China is only the second country to boast two stealth fighters in its inventory.

But Beijing is in no mood for a second trade war with tariffs still in place.

Future of China ’s economy may partly depend on just how serious Trump is about his tariffs.

Yu Jie says Beijing is prepared to diversify its sources of agricultural imports.

The recent local government debt recapitalisation is also paving the way to offset the negative impacts on the likely trade war with the Trump Administration .

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English

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