China Focuses on Kamala Harris’ Weaknesses After Biden Exits (1)

China officially avoided commenting on Kamala Harris’ late entry into the US presidential race. But state-backed news outlets and social-media users cast her as a weak vice president whose candidacy didn’t present a major threat to the world’s No. 2 economy.

The Global Times, a Communist Party-backed media outlet, cited Chinese experts who called Harris’s performance in the White House “mediocre” and claimed she lacked the “experience and achievements to serve as president.” Another state-run outlet highlighted Donald Trump’s campaign trail claim Harris would be “easier to beat” than the sitting president.

“Does this mean Trump is set ...