- Title: Asians react to Donald Trump's U.S. election victory
- Date: 9th November 2016
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (NOVEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TOKYO STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) COMPANY EMPLOYEE, HORIUCHI HARUKA, SAYING: "He made a lot of discriminatory comments which I thought was a problem." PEOPLE GATHERED INSIDE BAR WATCHING ELECTION RESULTS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING DISAPPOINTED WOMAN CRYING WHILE TALKING ON THE PHONE MAN CRYING TELEVISION SCREEN SHOWING NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DONALD TRUMP, GIVING VICTORY SPEECH (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNNAMED DEMOCRAT FROM SALT LAKE CITY SAYING: "I think when people see what a fool this man is, and what a horrible person he is, I think, I hope people wake up and I think in four years, I hope we are going to take everything back." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (NOVEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) TRAFFIC ON SEOUL STREETS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS STREET ELECTRONIC BOARD / LETTERS ON BOARD READING (in Korean): "DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED AS THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES" (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 23-YEAR-OLD SOUTH KOREAN, LEE GEON, SAYING: "I'm worried, what if our country might experience disadvantage in defence expense because Trump has been raising questions about the U.S. army based in South Korea." PEOPLE WALKING BY (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 48-YEAR-OLD SOUTH KOREAN, CHOI TAE-HEON, SAYING: "During eight years of Obama administration, North Korea's nuclear problem has become bigger because there has been no actions taken. I wish Hillary could be (the president) to fix it, but now Trump is the elected president and he should have his own measures. So I hope he will solve the North's nuclear issue as soon as possible." PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET BEIJING, CHINA (NOVEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CARS DRIVING ON STREET VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 24-YEAR-OLD ZHANG QI SAYING: "I think no matter which one of the two is elected, it is not a good thing for the United States. These two people, as everyone knows, Trump and Hillary have a lot of negative news, and they blamed each other during the election campaign rather than (expressing) the policies they supported, which did not mean much to the Chinese people." VARIOUS OF CARS DRIVING ON STREET ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (NOVEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE ON STREET PEOPLE WALKING AT MARKET PLACE MEN STANDING AT NEWSPAPER STALL (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) PRIVATE COMPANY EMPLOYEE, SHAHID SALEEM, SAYING: "It will not make a difference to Pakistan or ordinary Pakistanis. In my opinion Trump is a little bit of an exposed personality. As far as American policies are concerned, they remain the same as designed by their think tanks for one hundred years whether its Hilary Clinton, Trump or someone else. Those policies are executed actually." KARACHI, PAKISTAN (NOVEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) SHOP SELLING TELEVISION SETS MEN WATCHING LOCAL TELEVISIONS AIRING US ELECTION NEWS TELEVISION SCREENS SHOWING DONALD TRUMP ADDRESSING PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) LAWYER, WASEEM-UR-REHMAN, SAYING: "Trump's victory may cause harm to Pakistan. He has given live statements that he is anti-Islam, anti-Muslim. As he has won, maybe he keeps good relations with India as compared to Pakistan. If Hilary had won it would have been better for Pakistan's economy." PEOPLE WALKING ON PAVEMENT KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (NOVEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KABUL BUSY STREET SHOPKEEPERS AND CUSTOMERS WATCHING THE RESULT OF U.S. ELECTION ON TV (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) SHOPKEEPER AND KABUL RESIDENT, MASOOD AKBARI, SAYING: "I am fan of Trump because he has a good policy and is a warrior. And also he is against corruption and radicalism, I support trump." VARIOUS OF AFGHANS WATCHING TV SCREEN (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) KABUL RESIDENT, MUSTAFA AHMADZAI, SAYING: "Trump has a tough policy toward the Muslims which is not acceptable for us. I was wishing to see a woman becoming the first woman president in the history of America. I am not happy about Trump, I don't like him, I wanted to see a women become president." KABUL BUSY STREET
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- Keywords: Asia Pakistan South Korea China Japan U.S. elections Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA / BEIJING, CHINA/ TOKYO, JAPAN/ KARACHI, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN/ KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA / BEIJING, CHINA/ TOKYO, JAPAN/ KARACHI, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN/ KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
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- Story Text: People in parts of Asia had mixed feelings on Wednesday (November 9) following Donald Trump's U.S. election victory.
Republican candidate Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.
A wealthy real-estate developer and former reality TV host, Trump rode a wave of anger toward Washington insiders to win the White House race against Clinton, the Democratic candidate whose gold-plated establishment resume included stints as a first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state.
Reactions in Asia were mixed.
"He made a lot of discriminatory comments which I thought was a problem," said Horiuchi Haruka in Tokyo.
South Korean's were more concerned about the new administration's plan to deal with North Korea.
"During eight years of Obama administration, North Korea's nuclear problem has become bigger because there has been no actions taken. I wish Hillary could be (the president) to fix it, but now Trump is the elected president and he should have his own measures. So I hope he will solve the North's nuclear issue as soon as possible," said Seoul resident Choi Tae-Heon.
Trump's anti-Muslim comments made during his election campaign worried people in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"Trump's victory may cause harm to Pakistan. He has given live statements that he is anti-Islam, anti-Muslim. As he has won, maybe he keeps good relations with India as compared to Pakistan. If Hilary had won it would have been better for Pakistan's economy," said Karachi resident Waseem-Ur-Rehman.
"Trump has a tough policy toward the Muslims which is not acceptable for us. I was wishing to see a woman becoming the first woman president in the history of America. I am not happy about Trump, I don't like him, I wanted to see a women become president," said Kabul resident Mustafa Ahmadzai.
Worried a Trump victory could cause economic and global uncertainty, investors were in full flight from risky assets. But the U.S. dollar and world stocks began to steady in the European morning on Wednesday, having been hammered overnight.
His win raises a host of questions for the United States at home and abroad. He campaigned on a pledge to take the country on a more isolationist, protectionist "America First" path. He has vowed to impose a 35 percent tariff on goods exported to the United States by U.S. companies that went abroad.
Trump, who at 70 will be the oldest first-term U.S. president, came out on top after a bitter and divisive campaign that focused largely on the character of the candidates and whether they could be trusted to serve as the country's 45th president. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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