Beijing, 'internal midterm issue, we will continue to collaborate with the USA'

China has said it is "willing to continue to cooperate" with the United States, following midterm elections that saw President Donald Trump's Republicans lose control of both houses of Congress. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said this during a briefing. “The midterm elections are an internal matter in the United States,” he said.

"China - the spokeswoman's words - is willing to continue working with the US to support and implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen communication, adequately manage differences, expand cooperation and build a constructive and strategically stable Sino-US relationship, based on the principles of respect, fairness and reciprocity".