China accuses US of kindling trade war

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The US has voted through a bill attacking China's manipulation of its currencyGrace Liang/Reuters

Leo LewisBeijing

Last updated at 5:56AM, October 12 2011

Beijing has launched a savage verbal onslaught against the United States,
accusing Washington of kindling a possible trade war between the world’s two
biggest economies and showing “callous disregard” for China’s position.

The blistering Chinese rhetoric, channelled through an editorial on the Xinhua
state news agency website and making prominent use of the phrase
“time-bomb”, surfaced just a few hours after American senators had voted
through a controversial Bill attacking China’s manipulation of its currency.

In the unlikely event the Bill becomes law, it would allow Washington to
impose punitive tariffs on Chinese goods rendered artificially cheap by the
weak