China has officially surpassed Japan to become the second largest economy of the world. No major world actions are taken without China taking part in the process. But still the tag of a developing country is used to describe China. Till when is a country considered to be Developing? Does the sheer size of the country’s population give it the unfair advantage of a developing nation forever? China has become the manufacturing hot spot for automobiles, toys, electronic goods, cell phones, laptops, etc. Apart from that, now thousands of Americans are going to China for jobs. The postcards that are being sent by these people do not say anything about the developing status of China. In fact it can be called as a developed country with problems associated with over explosion of population.
Recently China at the G77 developing nations conference suggested moves to curb climate change by forcing developed countries to give assistance to developing countries like China. The Chinese received a stern reply form United States who completely deny China still being a developing country. The United States have agreed to pay every other developing country except China, rightly so. Instead United States is urging China to invest in carbon caps in other developing nations.
China has one of the worlds largest GDP, but the same can not be said about its annual per capita income, which is around $2,500. This is 4 percent of what the GDP per capita is in United States. Hence the line between developed and developing country is badly drawn. Although million have been successfully lifted from poverty, still millions are left in the same hole. It can be termed as a process of non-trivial wealth. Hence unless the problem of developed or developing country is not solved, there seems to be no solution to the climate change agreements.
