{"id":1905616,"date":"2023-03-27T19:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T23:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-unanimously-passes-bill-stripping-china-of-developing-nation-status\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T20:01:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T00:01:21","slug":"house-unanimously-passes-bill-stripping-china-of-developing-nation-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-unanimously-passes-bill-stripping-china-of-developing-nation-status\/","title":{"rendered":"House Unanimously Passes Bill Stripping China of \u2018Developing Nation\u2019 Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-unanimously-passes-bill-stripping-china-of-developing-nation-status%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1905616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0327\/8e57c9e2-2388-4e67-9bf9-8fc805a84ecb\/audio.mp3?length=2354733&#038;duration=196\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan bill to strip communist China of its international status as a developing nation, thereby limiting the regime\u2019s access to certain aid from the United States and other nations.<\/p>\n<p>H.R. 1107, colloquially referred to as the \u201cPRC is Not a Developing Country Act,\u201d aims to ensure that China\u2019s communist regime does not receive any of the preferential treatment in international treaties, agreements, and organizations that might otherwise be afforded to a developing nation.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed 415-0, with 20 representatives not voting, and will now move to the Senate for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party is exploiting countries in need and receiving preferential treatment in international treaties and organizations,\u201d said bill co-sponsor Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) in a statement. \u201cWe must take action to right this wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PRC is Not a Developing Country Act will ensure that the Chinese government is not getting unfairly favorable treatment and influence at the expense of truly developing nations. I will keep working to ensure that the CCP is held accountable, and the United States and our values lead the way in supporting developing countries around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many international organizations, including the World Trade Organization, provide developing countries with special treatment to increase their economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, the bill would require the State Department to take actions to stop China from being classified as a developing country by international organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the bill would direct the State Department to advocate for international organizations to change China\u2019s status from a \u201cdeveloping country\u201d to either an upper-middle income country, high income country, or developed country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot let the PRC continue exploiting countries in need and taking unfair advantage of international treaties and organizations,\u201d Kim said in a prepared speech before the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time that we give developing countries a better chance at participating in programs meant for them, and not meant for the world\u2019s second largest economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bipartisan bill comes amid renewed interest in Congress to counter and overcome malign influence by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes amid increased scrutiny of how the CCP regime exploits the rules-based international order to its own benefit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has a well-established record of manipulating the international system to its benefit and continues to use its historical status as a developing country to its benefit,\u201d said one report published earlier in the month by conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, \u201ceven though it is an economic power rivaling the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina <i>was<\/i> a low-income country, but it no longer is. The U.S. should take steps to ensure that these benefits do not aid wealthy powerful nations like China, but target poor nations as intended.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan bill to strip communist China of its international status as a developing nation, thereby limiting the regime\u2019s access to certain aid from the United States and other nations. 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