Donald Trump said that Xi Jinping’s ongoing tour of Southeast Asia was to “screw” the US, which hit Beijing with massive import tariffs earlier this month, even as the Chinese leader urged Vietnam to resist “unilateral bullying” by Washington.

Xi Jinping is playing hardball. The Chinese president wants to show his people that the country can withstand the economic pain from President Donald Trump's tariffs and stand up to what Beijing is calling America's "bullying,