BEIJING: As Republican Donald Trump claimed surprising victory in US polls, China on Wednesday said it will work with the new US President to ensure the steady and sound development of bilateral ties.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks at a regular news briefing here as Republican Donald Trump moved to the brink of winning the White House.
Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States in a shocking defeat of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. He scored a series of surprising wins in battleground states including Florida and Ohio on Tuesday, opening a path to the White House for the political outsider and rattling world markets counting on a win by Clinton.
With investors worried a Trump victory could cause economic and global uncertainty, the US dollar sank and stock markets slammed into reverse in wild Asian trading. Opinion polls before Election Day had given Clinton a slim lead.
In a presidential campaign that focused more on the character of the candidates than on policy, Clinton, 69, a former US secretary of state, and Trump, 70, accused each other of being fundamentally unfit to lead the country.
