Seeing the funny side of high drama
While not many in China have seen Donald Trump's reality TV shows, the US president elect has always been viewed more or less as an entertainment figure in the Middle Kingdom.
It may not be an overstatement to say a significant portion of the Chinese population - among those who care, that is - treat American election politics as a variant of entertainment.
Most portrayals of Donald Trump on China's social media, which tend to be much more opinionated than traditional media, were harshly negative. This could be an echo effect from America's mainstream press. The so-called "elitists" have a lot of shared values while populism differs from place to place as each country deals with a different set of issues. Commentator Lian Yue's contrarian prediction of Trump's win a few days ago was mostly based on his observation that the US press does not like the real estate tycoon.
