China and the United States will continue towards the path of warming ties regardless of who wins the presidential elections in November, Premier Li Keqiang revealed on Tuesday.
Speaking in front of an audience an economic forum in New York, the Chinese Premier declined to comment on his U.S. presidential bet and expressed his optimism at the improvement of the two largest economies' ties regardless of who wins.
"No matter who gets elected in the U.S. presidential election, I believe that China-U.S. ties will continue to grow steadily and in a positive direction," Reuters quoted Li as saying.
According to the outlet, Li was attending a United Nations gathering in New York when he made the statement which was highly cited by many news outlets considering how the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates appear to be leaning away from Chinese friendship.
Reuters said that Donald Trump, who represents the GOP, has been in a candidacy path that does not favor positive relations with China considering his threats about slapping tariffs on products from the Middle Kingdom.
He even vowed to implement sterner trade rules for the Asian giant during his campaign.
Meanwhile, Democratic party-bearer Hilary Clinton who is also regarded as "the devil we know," is backtracking from her initial Pacific trade pact endorsement.
Because of this, the United States presidential elections received criticism from Chinese media specifically from state-run Xinhua News Agency as posted in People's Daily.
"In some nations, the checks and balances of power have resulted in a political stalemate in which bitterness between parties has worsened and opposition is raised simply to disagree, rather than to discuss," the article read.
According to the Business Insider, such commentary-while indirect-is obviously describing the candidates of the U.S. presidential elections who were only presumptive standard bearers at the time the piece was published.