However, one big player, China, has yet to make an official statement.

On Monday morning, the country state back newspapers spoke up, striking an optimistic tone about the future.

An editorial in the influential Global Times said a Biden presidency would mean more predictability and that would be quote in the common interests of people from both countries and the international community.

Starting with trade, The Global Times is linked to the Communist Party's official newspaper and can at times be a glimpse into the thinking of its leaders.

Under President Donald Trump's administration, the U.

S launched a bruising tariff war with China.

Trump has warned that victory for Joe Biden would mean a win for China and that Beijing would quote own America.

But there's little to suggest Beijing will find Biden a soft alternative.

He's called Chinese President Xi Jinping a thug and vowed to lead an international campaign to quote, pressure, isolate and punish China.

His campaign has also labeled China's actions against Muslims in the country's western Xinjiang region quote genocide, a step further than current policy.

Even the Global Times acknowledged that a changing of the guard was unlikely.

Thio ease pressure on China when it came to issues like human rights.

But in the China Daily, a separate editorial called for reviving trade talks, saying it was one of the last threads linking the two countries and a good start for restoring trust and understanding.