US presidential election: Biden becomes the hottest topic on Chinese social media

Millions of people have their say on the race for the White House and its likely new occupant on platforms like Weibo and WeChat. Topic hosted by state broadcaster CCTV about Trump supporters protesting with guns attracts 140 million views. — SCMP

China’s tightly controlled social media platforms are seldom used for political discussion, but Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election has bucked the trend.

As of Sunday afternoon, posts about the president-elect on the Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo had attracted more than 730 million views, while Tencent’s WeChat Moments – similar to Facebook’s Timeline – was equally busy.