> I don't understand this "saving face", disrespect logic. It isn't logic, it's emotion. "disrespectful" is a term that the Chinese officials have used to des

> I don't understand this "saving face", disrespect logic. It isn't logic, it's emotion. "disrespectful" is a term that the Chinese officials have used to describe US officials statements (1). I'm not reasoning my way to that term, I'm noting that the Chinese are there. That and "Bowing to a bully is like drinking poison to quench thirst" (2) I agree with sibling comment that saving face is it's "addressing Trump on his own terms" but I wouldn't say it's "just" that. It's also universal human psychology to react defiantly, expressed in regional idioms. I agree that it's bizarre that it ended up there, nevertheless this is the USA's "art of the deal" working out as well as it's going to. With China calling the bluff. 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNUs9G0sCFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNUs9G0sCFc 2) https://www.mediaite.com/news/china-responds-to-trump-tariffs-with-defiant-propaganda-clip-comparing-making-a-deal-to-drinking-poison-to-quench-thirst/ https://www.mediaite.com/news/china-responds-to-trump-tariff...