KEY POINTS
  • "China stands firm and wins first battle of Sino-US trade war," China's official People's Daily newspaper said in the headline of a Chinese-language article Thursday.
  • China's tariffs "hit [Trump] where it hurts. ... The origins of these products are places where people tend to vote for Trump," the People's Daily said.
  • U.S. President Donald "Trump has already proved himself wrong because China has demonstrated that it can't be coerced and is fully determined to reciprocate," a separate, English-language editorial from the China Daily said Thursday.

Chinese state media was quick to note what it sees as Beijing's edge in the increasingly tense trade relationship between the world's two largest economies.

"China stands firm and wins first battle of Sino-US trade war," China's official People's Daily newspaper said in the headline of a Chinese-language article Thursday.