China has been flexing its economic and diplomatic muscles in recent weeks in an attempt to counter President Donald Trump’s trade war, in which Beijing is the biggest target. Let’s take stock of some of the tactics America’s fiercest global competitor is using.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signaled a potential end to the tit-for-tat tariff hikes between the U.S. and China that shocked markets, and that a deal over the fate of social media platform TikTok may have to wait.