Donald Trump dampens US - Chinese relations

Donald Trump’s protocol-breaking phone call with Taiwan’s president is just the first salvo in a looming trade war between the US and China that will hurt both countries, says Bill Powell

EARLY one evening in January, 2009, Xiao Hongzhi walked down a deserted street in the eastern Chinese city of Dongguan, to the door of the factory at which he had until recently worked.

It was shuttered, and a note on the gate told former workers that they should go to the local party office, where they would receive compensation.