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Dimitri Sevastopoulos is the U.S.-China correspondent for The Financial Times. Coming up, why China is so confident it can win a trade war.

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For people who don't speak or read Mandarin, one of the most interesting things to watch right now is the Chinese embassy in the U.S. on Twitter. It has been retweeting Pew Research data saying that Americans know the tariffs will be bad for them. It's been tweeting salty emojis kind of aimed at America's story about tariffs. It's been tweeting beautiful sunsets.

For people who don't speak or read Mandarin, one of the most interesting things to watch right now is the Chinese embassy in the U.S. on Twitter. It has been retweeting Pew Research data saying that Americans know the tariffs will be bad for them. It's been tweeting salty emojis kind of aimed at America's story about tariffs. It's been tweeting beautiful sunsets.

For people who don't speak or read Mandarin, one of the most interesting things to watch right now is the Chinese embassy in the U.S. on Twitter. It has been retweeting Pew Research data saying that Americans know the tariffs will be bad for them. It's been tweeting salty emojis kind of aimed at America's story about tariffs. It's been tweeting beautiful sunsets.

What is the story that China is telling about itself right now?