Donald Trump swept to power vowing to make America not only great again but also strong, wealthy, proud and safe. Pick up a Chinese newspaper this week, though, and you will find the state of Trump’s nation being described in rather less triumphalist terms. Since the deadly terrorist attack on anti-fascist protesters in Charlottesville, coverage of the US in China’s Communist party-controlled press has been peppered with four words: turmoil, chaos, mayhem and conflict.
