As the Washington-Beijing trade war grows deeper, who will blink first? Amy Hawkins reports

After a fortnight in which Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs evolved into an escalating trade war with China, a sense of defiant nationalism has been building in the east Asian country. The Chinese foreign ministry has even been sharing historic video clips from the former leader Mao Zedong:

“As to how long this war will last, we are not the ones to decide … We’ll fight until we completely triumph!”