{"id":225223,"date":"2020-11-04T16:17:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T00:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=225223"},"modified":"2022-09-09T18:22:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T01:22:19","slug":"beijing-stays-silent-as-u-s-awaits-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2020\/11\/beijing-stays-silent-as-u-s-awaits-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Stays Silent as U.S. Awaits Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/live-blog\/2020-election-results-coverage\/\">waits for the substantive results of the 2020 presidential election<\/a>, official Chinese channels are staying quiet. On U.S. election day,<a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2020\/11\/minitrue-u-s-presidential-election\/\"> censorship authorities ordered<\/a> media to follow the lead of state outlets, and to guard against anti-U.S. sentiment online. When asked for comment during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/t1829367.shtml\">Wednesday, November 4 press conference<\/a>, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin said only, \u201cWe notice that the U.S. presidential election is still ongoing, and the result hasn&#8217;t come out yet.\u201d Online, however, many Chinese are closely following the election. At Whats On Weibo Manya Koetse this week traced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsonweibo.com\/trump-versus-biden-the-sentiments-on-chinese-social-media\/\"><strong>Chinese netizens shifting perceptions of Trump and Biden<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Donald Trump is often nicknamed Chu\u0101n Ji\u00e0ngu\u00f3 (\u5ddd\u5efa\u56fd) on Chinese social media, which basically means \u201cBuild the Country Trump.\u201d The name is just one among many existing memes and jokes about the U.S. president on the Chinese internet. A reason to call him Chu\u0101n Ji\u00e0ngu\u00f3 is to make fun of Trump\u2019s words and actions, suggesting that his leadership only brings America down and in doing so, also further accelerates the rise of China. In doing so, Trump is sarcastically called \u201cAmerica\u2019s gift to China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026]An online poll that was held by a popular Weibo blogger earlier this year asked people if they would like to see Trump be reelected. Of the 8736 people participating, 74% said they hoped Donald Trump gets elected again. Only 5% said they hoped he would not be reelected. Another 21% said they felt indifferent about the American elections, as it would not make much difference for China anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Although many people do care about the American elections, mostly because of how the outcome would affect China, others just enjoy watching the spectacle of U.S. politics. \u201cI love how confident and unruly Trump is,\u201d one commenter writes: \u201cHe is legendary. If Biden comes to power, the coming four years are going to be much more boring.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsonweibo.com\/trump-versus-biden-the-sentiments-on-chinese-social-media\/\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6\/ Joe Wong, well-known Chinese comedian, met Joe Biden in 2010<br \/>and roasted him. Wong told me many Chinese like Trump because he\u2019s divided America so much &#8211; to the benefit of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a>. He has a nickname here: \u201cNation Builder Trump.\u201d But China\u2019s that nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBSNews<\/a> is here. \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S9Bkyz52fJ\">pic.twitter.com\/S9Bkyz52fJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ramy Inocencio \u82f1\u82e5\u660e (@RamyInocencio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RamyInocencio\/status\/1323810842740248582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the public\u2019s interest in the election, Chinese media outlets have been noticeably quiet. It is <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2016\/11\/minitrue-no-live-streaming-u-s-election\/\">characteristic for Beijing<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2018\/11\/minitrue-no-unauthorized-reports-on-u-s-midterms\/\">instruct media outlets<\/a> to be <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/12\/minitrue-taiwan-elections\/\">circumspect in their coverage<\/a> of foreign elections. Despite state media&#8217;s normal &#8220;love to chronicle an America in chaos,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/politico-china-watcher\/2020\/10\/29\/us-election-wont-resolve-worlds-china-angst-washington-beijing-delhi-canberra-tokyo-490736\">David Wertime notes<\/a> that this year outlets are even \u201crefraining from predictions and limiting coverage to major developments like the early voting turnout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month when President Trump was hospitalized with coronavirus, <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2020\/10\/minitrue-do-not-hype-trumps-coronavirus-diagnosis\/\">censors ordered media outlets <\/a>to keep reports brief, factual, and off of the trending lists. <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2020\/11\/%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E4%BA%9A%E6%B4%B2-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%A6%82%E4%BD%95%E4%B8%A5%E6%A0%BC%E6%8E%A7%E7%AE%A1%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E9%80%89%E4%BF%A1%E6%81%AF%EF%BC%9F\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter\">Chinese coverage from RFA notes that the Chinese media narrative on the election seems focused on images of chaos \u201cbordering on civil war\u201d<\/a>\u00a0rather than coverage of the vote. At Foreign Policy, Tracy Wen Liu wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/11\/04\/election-2020-china-media-low-key-coverage\/\"><strong>the circumstances behind Chinese media silence<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Politically sensitive topics\u2014especially around foreign relationships\u2014tend to produce limited and nervous coverage in China. That\u2019s backed up by my conversations with reporters in Chinese state media. A reporter from one state-linked outfit told me that months ago they were told to be very careful about covering this election and to ensure the coverage was \u201ccalm,\u201d \u201cneutral,\u201d and \u201cappropriate.\u201d They were advised to not publish an excessive number of articles on this matter and to avoid live election results that might draw a lot of public attention\u2014and most importantly, to be very cautious about their wording so that their stance wasn\u2019t read as that of the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy pitch on battleground states was rejected by the chief editor, since if we imply that a particular candidate might win the swing states, readers might interpret it as China supporting them, and even worse, readers might interpret it as China trying to interfere with the election,\u201d the reporter said. [<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/11\/04\/election-2020-china-media-low-key-coverage\/\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chinese STEM students are closely following the election, as a Trump victory is a bad sign for Chinese graduate students studying in the U.S. From April to September, <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics\/International-relations\/US-visas-for-Chinese-students-tumble-99-as-tensions-rise2?utm_campaign=RN%20Subscriber%20newsletter&utm_medium=daily%20newsletter&utm_source=NAR%20Newsletter&utm_content=article%20link&del_type=1&pub_date=20201104190000&seq_num=22&si=75598\">the U.S. granted only 808 F-1 visas to Chinese students<\/a>, down 99% from the 90,410 visas granted in 2019 during the same period. At Nikkei Asia, Nikki Sun, Marrian Zhou, and Alex Fang interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics\/US-elections-2020\/Many-ordinary-Chinese-see-win-for-Trump-as-blessing-for-Beijing\"><strong>a Chinese student pursuing a PhD in the U.S.<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jack Cai, who is studying for a doctorate in computer science in the U.S., is considering returning to China after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Trump is reelected and it gets more difficult to live here in terms of visas and safety, I might as well just return to China,&#8221; Cai said. While the scholar in his 20s prefers the U.S. work culture to China&#8217;s &#8220;996&#8221; &#8212; where tech industry employees work nine hours a day, six days a week, the thought of &#8220;not having to listen to Trump&#8221; has become a big draw for Cai.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump is elected, Cai expects more STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) students like him to return, boosting near-term technological development and university teaching standards in China. [<a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics\/US-elections-2020\/Many-ordinary-Chinese-see-win-for-Trump-as-blessing-for-Beijing\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chinese \u201cAmerica-watchers\u201d looking for the inside scoop on the election have turned their attention to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/02\/930503962\/china-closely-follows-u-s-election-in-hopes-to-normalize-ties\">Yiwu wholesale market in Zhejiang province<\/a>, whose merchants have become augurs in our globalized age. At The New York Times, Keith Bradsher wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/28\/business\/trump-china-election.html\"><strong>the &#8220;Yiwu Index,&#8221; a highly unscientific prognostication of who will win the American presidential election<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>President Trump\u2019s campaign paraphernalia \u2014 hats, banners, mugs and practically anything else that can carry a logo \u2014 has been selling briskly at shops in the vast wholesale market in the Chinese city of Yiwu. By contrast, shop owners said during recent visits, bulk orders for materials supporting former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. have been almost nonexistent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had four or five shoppers for Trump materials each month,\u201d said Ge Lu, a salesman at one of about 100 shops specializing just in flags, referring to big purchasers who buy banners by the thousands. \u201cWe\u2019ve had one Biden shopper this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is also home to what Chinese watchers of American politics \u2014 a nervous group these days, given souring relations between the two countries and Beijing\u2019s tighter limits on conversation \u2014 call the Yiwu Index. Big demand for a presidential candidate\u2019s merchandise, goes the theory, translates into big voter turnout in November. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/28\/business\/trump-china-election.html\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the United States waits for the substantive results of the 2020 presidential election, official Chinese channels are staying quiet. On U.S. election day, censorship authorities ordered media to follow the lead of state outlets, and to guard against anti-U.S. sentiment online. 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