Trump's trade war: the view from China – podcast

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!" Speaking from Beijing, the Guardian's China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, tells Helen Pidd that while politically there is little appetite for backing down, the Chinese economy is not as strong as…