Afghanistan, Nov. 5 -- China has signalled it intends to maintain stable relations with the United States despite President Donald Trump's major setback in the midterm elections, while a Democratic-controlled Congress could increase scrutiny of his trade and technology negotiations with Beijing.

Bloomberg News reported Thursday that Chinese officials described the election as a domestic US matter and reaffirmed their commitment to agreements reached between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The diplomatic response comes ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen later this month, where the two leaders are expected to meet.

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