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‘Bring me my tariffs’: how Trump’s China plan was 40 years in the making
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Both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s political careers were shaped by their formative experiences in the 1980s – and, above all, their encounters with Japan. By Andrew Liu. Read by Vincent Lai. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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