Even before getting embroiled in a trade war with America, China’s officials were struggling to keep up public morale. Many people were already fretting about a weak job market and a property ...

“The ultimate outcome hinges on who can withstand a longer ‘economic war of attrition,’” economist Cai Tongjuan of China’s Renmin University wrote in a state media op-ed earlier this week.

President Donald Trump's tariff increase on imports from China would basically end most trade between that country and the U.S., according to economist Erica York. "It depends on how narrowly the ...