The Guardian view on China: unease at home and abroad
(WorldNews Asia)

This has not been the easiest of summers for Xi Jinping and his country. Donald Trump´s tariffs have rattled nerves in Beijing, already unsettled by the slowing economy. The ministry of finance and the central bank have had an open spat over fiscal policy. There are grumblings that the leadership invited trouble with its unabashed projection of might; was too complacent about the risks of US trade action; and is struggling to respond. But even if trade talks make progress when they resume this week, the issue is a channel for frustrations as well as the proximate cause. The scrapping of presidential term limits this spring cemented Mr Xi´s extraordinary concentration of power. Yet in...