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CHINA PRESS: China has been "rational and restrained" in its countermeasures

against the U.S's "blackmail," Xinhua News Agency said in a commentary, after

China announced retaliatory tariffs ranging from 5% to 25% on U.S. goods worth

USD60 billion on Friday. 

  - Differentiated tariff rates were taken out of consideration for the

interests of both Chinese people and the global industrial chain, Xinhua said. 

  - China will not rush to compete with U.S. numbers, but it is ready to take

"quantitative and qualitative measures" against the U.S.'s next move, Xinhua

added. 

  - China welcomes negotiations with the U.S. on the basis of mutual respect,

equality and benefit, Xinhua said.