China is awash with schadenfreude over U.S. election tumult
Gerry Shih, The Washington Post
Nov. 5, 2020
Updated: Nov. 5, 2020 6:26 p.m.
FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, western Japan. Chinese leaders hope Washington will tone down conflicts over trade, technology and security if Joe Biden wins the Nov. 3 presidential election. But any shift is likely to be in style, not substance, as frustration with Beijing increases across the American political spectrum.Susan Walsh/AP
TAIPEI, Taiwan - "Hopeless America," a columnist at China's official Xinhua News Agency thundered.
"U.S. democracy now a joke," the Beijing-backed Ta Kung Pao broadsheet pronounced.
"A bit like a developing country," the Global Times sniffed as it contemplated the possibility of post-election violence erupting in the world's most powerful democracy.
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