SupChina.com General Secretary Xí Jìnpíng’s 习近平 domestic tour to Jiangxi Province continues to feature prominently in Chinese state media coverage. As we noted yesterday, this included a stop at a rare earths processing facility , which telegraphed a threat to the U.S. that China could cut off supplies to the important minerals for technology components. Today, the SCMP reports on Xi’s tour : “We are here at the starting point of the Long March to remember the time when the Red Army began its journey,” Xi told cheering crowds on Monday, in footage posted on state broadcaster CCTV’s website on Tuesday. “We are now embarking on a new Long March, and we must start all over again.” While Xi did not directly mention the trade war or the United States, his remarks are being perceived as clear signals that the Chinese public is being told to prepare for hardships because of the worsening external environment. Also responding to increasing external hardships, Huawei founder Rén Zhèng
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