Update | Muzzled Chinese media frame Trump win as loss for ‘elite politics’
Censors order news outlets to play up scandals and limit live coverage of voting in US election
Mainland Chinese media described Republican Donald Trump’s win in the US presidential election as a defeat for elite politics and a potential source of great global uncertainty.
An editorial published by the Chinese-language Global Times, a tabloid under party mouthpiece People’s Daily, called the win a blow to “conventional US politics”.
“[Trump] beat not only [Democratic rival] Hillary Clinton, but also the convictions and authority of the traditional elite politics [that] she stands for,” the editorial said.
“The elite has never been standing more opposed to the middle and lower classes.”
Another tabloid, The Beijing News, said Trump’s win would induce short-term sharp turbulence in the global stock market and possibly inflict serious blows to the global economy.
The elite has never been standing more opposed to the middle and lower classes
