India, April 15 -- Amidst the escalating tension between China and the US, Beijing's top official has blasted President Donald Trump's "extremely shameless" tariff war, stating that it will soon backfire. Senior Chinese official Xia Baolong, who is in charge of Hong Kong and Macao, further warned that Trump tariffs will leave the US peasants crying.

In a televised speech, the Chinese official denounced Trump's decision to impose a 145% tax on goods from China as "brutally unreasonable."

"The US isn't after our tariffs but our very survival," Xia asserted. "The US has repeatedly contained and suppressed Hong Kong . and this will eventually backfire on itself."

"Let those peasants in the United States wail in front of the 5,000 years of ...