Xi Jinping glorifies hard work, but the young are not so sure


Xi Jinping's emphasis on hard work during an awards ceremony for national model workers contrasts with the concerns of young Chinese amid a trade war with the US.
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Every five years China names hundreds of people as “national model workers”. The latest to receive the honour gathered on April 28th at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People where the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, urged them to “struggle, struggle, struggle to the end”. He avoided any mention of tariffs brought in by America’s president, Donald Trump, but his use of the old Communist rallying cry was clearly intended to show how people should respond. Amid a trade war that could threaten millions of jobs in China, the message is clear: keep your noses to the grindstone and blame any pain on America.

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