China Puts Positive Spin on Trade Truce for Its Domestic Audience

China Puts Positive Spin on U.S. Trade Truce for Its Domestic Audience

President Xi Jinping is facing pressure to prove he can manage Beijing’s critical relationship with Washington

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BEIJING—China provided domestic audiences with upbeat, vague accounts of its trade truce with the U.S., reflecting the pressure on President Xi Jinping to prove he can manage Beijing’s critical relationship with Washington.

State media—which answer to the government—filled their front pages, news sites and airwaves Monday with reports that emphasized Mr. Xi and President Trump’s agreement over the weekend to refrain from further tariffs. Omitted were mentions that Washington set a 90-day time limit for the truce and that talks...

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