Joe Biden’s US election success will be ‘warmly applauded’ and ‘accepted’ by American Factory boss Cao Dewang

Cao Dewang rose into the international spotlight with his investment in a car glass plant in Ohio, which was featured in the American Factory documentary

President Xi Jinping has yet to congratulate US president-elect Joe Biden, with incumbent Donald Trump yet to concede

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Cao Dewang, the owner of the plant featured in the Oscar-winning documentary American Factory. Photo: Simon Song

Published: 6:30pm, 20 Nov 2020Updated: 11:40pm, 20 Nov 2020

Cao Dewang, the owner of the car glass plant featured in the Oscar-winning documentary American Factory, will “warmly applaud” and “accept” Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election.

Biden’s electoral victory was called by US news organisations at the start of last week, although incumbent Donald Trump has yet to concede amid a number of legal challenges and so far unfounded claims of election fraud.

“[No matter who], as long as he is elected as the US president, I will applaud [him],” 74-year-old Chinese tycoon Gao, the self-made billionaire founder of Fuyao Glass Industry, said on Friday in Beijing.

“As long as [the American people] have made your choice, you Americans accept, I accept too.”

Once the official announcement comes out about who is the next president, we will stand aside, warmly applauding and congratulating them. This shows the true broad mind of Chinese people

Cao Dewang

President Xi Jinping has yet to congratulate US president-elect Biden, although last week, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did offer congratulations to the former US vice-president.

“China has behaved very rationally and magnanimously this time,” Cao added. “Once the official announcement comes out about who is the next president, we will stand aside, warmly applauding and congratulating them. This shows the true broad mind of Chinese people.”