China advertising in Iowa

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The Chinese government took out a four-page advertisement in the Des Moines Register on Sunday. The ad, which was made to look like a four-page newspaper section, contained a story headlined: “Fruit of a President’s Folly,” commenting on the trade war between the US and China. The World’s Jason Margolis has some reaction from Iowa.

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