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- Joe Biden on Wednesday painted a dire picture of China's economy to US steelworkers.
- Calling China "xenophobic," Biden unleashed some of his harshest comments ever about Beijing.
- Bashing China fits well into Biden's new election cadence of hyping up the US economy as a lasting, dominant force.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday pitched his version of US-China relations to steelworkers in Pennsylvania — that Beijing isn't only failing to catch up, but struggling on its own.