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- Rifts are growing in China's Communist Party, with some critics saying that an overly nationalistic Chinese stance may have hardened the U.S. position in the burgeoning trade war.
- President Xi Jinping still has a firm grip on power, but an unusual surge of criticism about economic policy and how the government has handled the trade war has revealed rare cracks in the ruling Communist Party.
- "The overarching view is that China's current stance has been too hard-line and the leadership has clearly misjudged the situation," an academic said.
BEIJING (Reuters) - A growing trade war with the United States is causing rifts within China's Communist Party, with some critics saying that an overly nationalistic Chinese stance may have hardened the U.S. position, according to four sources close to the government.
President Xi Jinping still has a firm grip on power, but an unusual surge of criticism about economic policy and how the government has handled the trade war has revealed rare cracks in the ruling Communist Party.
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