[resters]

China has to avoid alienating the American people, who largely support China over Trump on the matter of tariffs.

So by playing it cool and letting Trump get in a few rounds of tit for tat, China is expecting not to have to take more drastic measures in order to win.

I expect that China's restraint will pay off, as the trade war has already sent the economy into the early stages of recession, and China still has a year to let Trump dig his own grave.