China, who said, "It's the same no matter who it is," also has a keen eye on the results of the

Xinhua News Agency highlights negative aspects such as fear of terrorist attacks at polling sites

State media reports passively...Attention on SNS is hot

Hashtag 16 billion views of the 'U.S. presidential election'...4 million comments ↑

[Anchor]
China has refrained from officially responding, saying it is the same no matter who it is on the outside.

However, watching the results of the U.S. presidential election, they are paying close attention enough to determine the size of the economic stimulus.

Let's go to China this time. Correspondent Kang Jung Kyu!

How is China reacting to this U.S. presidential election?

[Reporter]
China's state-run CCTV broadcast correspondents from Pennsylvania, one of the biggest contenders.

Xinhua and other news agencies have highlighted negative aspects such as fears of terrorism around polling sites and huge campaign costs.

Since there is no election in a country, there is bound to be a limit to state media coverage, but the atmosphere of SNS is quite different.

On Weibo, the hashtag "U.S. presidential election" has 16 billion views and more than 4 million comments.

Online voting was also conducted with more than 30,000 people, with 74% "betting" former President Trump's victory.

However, I can't find it on the Internet now if it was deleted due to censorship.

[Anchor]
Has the official position of the Chinese authorities not been released yet?

[Reporter]
Yesterday, there was a question about Trump's remarks on tariffs at a briefing by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"I will not comment" returned a fixed answer.

The official position is that no matter who becomes it, the U.S. strategy to check and pressure China will not change.

However, we are paying attention to the results to the extent that the meeting to determine the size of the "Chinese version of the supplementary budget" has been postponed until after the U.S. presidential election.

In practice, there is also a tendency to favor Harris over Trump, who is less predictable.

On the other hand, considering that Trump strengthened anti-U.S. solidarity amid aggressive China-bashing during the first period of his administration, the calculation may be different at the regime level.

So far, I've delivered it from Beijing.