Chinese President Xi Jinping has based his power on surpassing the United States, and that “intransigence” is what’s keeping the two countries from getting to the table on trade, China expert and author Gordon Chang said Friday on Newsmax.

“It’s very difficult for him to admit that China is dependent on U.S. trade,” Chang said on “Wake Up America.” “He can’t be seen to be giving in to the United States.”

Chang said that means that it is important for Xi to say that President Donald Trump “blinked first.”

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