The U.S. Senate recently passed an amendment to climate regulations that includes an additional proposal that would require the U.S. State Department to propose to the United Nations to end China's developing country status. Some comments pointed out that the CCP has been playing the card of "developing country" for many years, undermining international rules and conducting unfair competition.
As the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China has long ignored environmental standards, increasing its emissions and investment in coal-fired power plants since the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
In a remarkable move, two senators introduced an additional proposal to incorporate the Kigali Amendment, asking the U.S. Department of State to propose to the U.N. by November 6th that China's "developing country" status be terminated under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The full House unanimously approved the proposal by a vote of 96 to 0.
If the United Nations and the WTO no longer recognize China as a developing country, some of the preferential treatment enjoyed by the Chinese Communist Party will be revoked. China is a country with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, with the super-rich Communist elite on one side and the extremely poor underclass on the other.
According to U.S.-based China observer 張健Zhang Jian "The Chinese Communist Party has exploited a big loophole in the Western democratic system, taking advantage of the goodwill of the developed countries. When it developed, it demonstrated force and military expansion abroad. It has also invaded the world under the banner of the Confucius Institute. It's a cultural invasion, an ideological invasion. Through the Thousand Talents Project, it steals and seizes high technology from overseas."
The U.S. Senate recently passed an amendment to climate regulations that includes an additional
proposal that would require the U.S. State Department to propose to the United Nations
to end China's developing country status. Some comments pointed out that the CCP has been playing
the card of developing country for many years, undermining international rules and conducting
On September 21st, the Senate passed the Kigali Amendment by a vote of 69 to 27,
which is an amendment to the Climate Treaty Montreal Protocol to reduce the use of refrigerant
chemicals that contribute to climate change. As the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases,
China has long ignored environmental standards, increasing its emissions and investment in coal
Joining Kigali will turn the world away from China and its companies and towards our competitive
strength. It's good for the United States and our businesses, and it's bad for China.
In a remarkable move, two senators introduced an additional proposal to incorporate the Kigali
Amendment, asking the U.S. Department of State to propose to the UN by November 6th that China's
developing country status be terminated under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The full House unanimously approved the proposal by a vote of 96 to 0.
China is not a developing country. It is the second largest economy in the world. It is one
of the most industrialized countries in the world. It has one of the biggest militaries in the world.
The World Bank even now considers China an upper-middle income country. But what China
keeps trying to do in international organizations and in international treaties is continue to get
the same benefits as truly developing countries. China wants to get ahead by playing by a different
set of rules. We know China ignores the rules and has little respect, if any, for international norms.
Yet we continue to allow China to dominate markets with the financial support of American
taxpayer dollars. If the United Nations and the WTO no longer recognize China as a developing
country, some of the preferential treatment enjoyed by the Chinese Communist Party will be revoked.
China is a country with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, with the super-rich
communist elite on one side and the extremely poor underclass on the other.
According to Chinese writer Sheng Shui, the Chinese Communist Party has long enjoyed the
benefits of these developing countries, but the majority of the Chinese people do not.
These preferences and advantages will be lost, including low interest or interest-free loans
from the World Bank, many unequal trade tariffs and trade protection, market access,
and technical assistance. It has enjoined these special privileges while earning profits,
with benefits divided among themselves, and it has also become a base for them to continue
to penetrate the international community through bribery. It constitutes a strength for them.
Then, when these discounts are canceled, obviously the CCP will be hit hard in these areas.
As early as 2019, former U.S. President Trump told the WTO that China should not be classified
as a developing country. In February 2020, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
excluded China, Hong Kong, etc. from the list of developing countries.
From December 1st, 2021, another 32 countries have canceled China's preferential tariffs.
According to U.S.-based China observer Zhang Jian, the U.S. and other western countries are
aware that the Chinese Communist Party has been playing the developing country card for years,
breaking international rules, stealing intellectual property, and competing unfairly.
Zhang Jian described the West and the CCP as a modern version of the farmer and the snake.
Now that western countries have begun to counter the CCP, the U.S. has taken the
lead in revoking China's status as a developing country, which has won popular support.
The Chinese Communist Party has exploited a big loophole in the western democratic system,
taking advantage of the goodwill of developed countries. When it developed, it demonstrated
force and military expansion abroad. It has also invaded the world under the banner of the
Confucius Institute. It's a cultural invasion, an ideological invasion. Through the Thousand
Talents Project, it steals and seizes high technology from overseas.
