Xi Jinping visits Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia to shore up support in Asia amid US trade war

China says it’s “tearing down walls”, expanding its circle of trading partners and “shaking hands” instead of “shaking fists”, amid its escalating trade war with the United States. The comments from the Chinese foreign ministry came as President Xi Jinping continued his tour through South-East Asia — which Donald Trump said was designed to work out how countries “could screw the United States”. President Trump has maintained a 145 per cent tariff on Chinese imports, a move that prompted Beijing to hike its levies on US goods to 125 per cent. “In the face of external uncertainties, China will insist…