The View From Asia

Asia braces itself for outcome of US presidential race

Asia News Network writers mull over the election as it unfolds. Here are excerpts.

Pages of the Apple Daily newspaper - with coverage of the US presidential election - being inspected at a printing facility in Hong Kong on Thursday, even as the race outcome hung in the balance.
Pages of the Apple Daily newspaper - with coverage of the US presidential election - being inspected at a printing facility in Hong Kong on Thursday, even as the race outcome hung in the balance. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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China Daily, China

The US presidential election marks an opportunity for the world's two largest economies to reboot their relations. It should not be squandered. The two countries desperately need to manage their increasingly antagonistic relations.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 07, 2020, with the headline Asia braces itself for outcome of US presidential race. Subscribe