Is the 1984 hit single by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, taken from the album Welcome To The Pleasure Dome .
There is No Pleasure Dome, for China if Donald Trump makes good his word to start a TRADE War.
China is now citing , famed general Sun Tzu's Art Of War, as one of its strategy to counter Donald Trump's America, in a PR war to avert a potential TRADE WAR
Still the sound bites coming from China, sounds like they are damn nervous and have forgotten the general's advice on Silence.
"as swift as wind, as silent as forest, as fierce as fire, as unshakable as mountain
Bloomberg has the story. Read Below :
There’s a Chinese saying that stems from the philosophy in Sun Tzu’s ancient text “The Art of War”: You can kill 1,000 enemies, but you would also lose 800 soldiers.
Centuries later, the proverb is suddenly apt again, being mentioned frequently in discussions around Beijing. Now, it highlights the potential damage U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could inflict if he makes good on his threat to start a trade war with China, the world’s second-biggest economy.
Having backed off some other campaign pledges, it’s unclear if Trump will end up slapping punitive tariffs on China -- and Beijing has signaled some optimism he will be more pragmatic in office. Still, the message from China is that any move to tax Chinese imports would bring retaliation: The U.S. economy would take a hit and America would damage its longstanding ties with Asia.
“China wouldn’t like to see that happen,” Fu Ying, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee of the legislature and was a vice foreign minister until 2013, said of the U.S. imposing punitive tariffs. “But if so happens, it won’t be one-way traffic,” she said last week in Beijing.
While China has warned the U.S. against picking a fight, the prospect of a more protectionist America creates an opportunity for President Xi Jinping in Asia, where trade-dependent nations are nervous about the potential fallout. Xi has rushed to portray his country as a champion of free trade, and Trump’s actions could give him an avenue to build his clout. Xi has spoken of his desire for the same great-power status enjoyed by the U.S., pushing back against American hegemony since World War II.
