A lead Chinese diplomat invoked Mao Zedong to show Chinese resilience in the face of a trade war with the United States.

In response to the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China, Chinese Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mao Ning posted a video of a speech by the former Chinese dictator. In the Feb. 7, 1953 speech at the Fourth Session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Mao Zedong vowed to keep fighting the Korean War until its successful conclusion.