The U.S President Donald Trump has decided to further heighten tensions with China, the world’s second largest economy after snubbing  China’s leader Xi Jinping not giving him an official phone call weeks after his inauguration, sending him a letter instead, despite calling over 18 World leaders.

Donald Trump has spoken to Theresa May, Francois Hollande, Vladmir Putin, Angela Merkel and several world leaders since his presidential inauguration, and has repeatedly signaled he’ll be very hard with China, whom he has accused of currency manipulation, unfair trade deals, militarizing the South China Sea and not doing enough to help the US deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.