To put it bluntly, the food served at food courts in Hong Kong is simply awful.

"There is no such plan," he said bluntly.

"The US side has instrumentalized and weaponized export controls and even bluntly intervened in normal trade between enterprises in other countries, which China firmly opposes," said Shu Jueting, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce.

Somewhat discouragingly to investors, some experts even said bluntly there may not be light at the end of the tunnel of political uncertainties in the near term.

Then US administration under Donald Trump claimed that China "ripped off" the United States in trade, and bluntly waged multi-billion-dollar tariff offensives on Chinese goods.

"A salesperson bluntly told me that my skin was terrible for a woman and I would never get married as a result," she said.