Trump's Beijing bashing misses China's own rust belt upheaval

Beijing

DONALD Trump, who tears into Chinese economic policies with the subtlety of a chainsaw, has accused the nation of "raping" the US with job-destroying currency and trade policies. China is engaging in "the greatest theft in the history of the world", according to the presumptive Republican presidential candidate.

Such blustery rhetoric, often directed at China's massive steel in…