At last, China breaks silence, congratulates Biden, Harris

China, Friday joined other countries to congratulate the United States President-Elect, Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, for their victory in the U.S Presidential race that saw the defeat of President Donald Trump.

According to Vanguard News reports, Immediately after CNN, FOX News, Al Jazeera, and BBC, projected and announced Biden as winner, countries like UK, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, Pakistan, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, South Korea, Japan and a number of others sent in goodwill messages, congratulating Biden and Harris for their victory.

The report has it that Some like Russia, China, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Hungary, Iran, North Korea and a good number of others however, refused to congratulate Biden and Harris.

Four days gone and here we are with Wang Wenbin, China Foreign Ministry spokesman, congratulating Biden and Harris for being victorious in the election. “We respect the American people’s choice.”

“We congratulate Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris,” said Wang Wenbin according to Washingtonpost. “We understand the U.S. election results will be confirmed based on U.S. law and procedure".