The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill called "China is not a developing country," requiring the U.S. to revoke China's status as a developing country in international organizations in order to prevent China from enjoying international aid and preferential policies. This is another suppressive action against China by US congressmen after they introduced a bill to abolish China's "permanent normal relations."
Both bills are intended to try to contain China's development at the national level, but these moves will not only not work, but will backfire. This is because the United States ignores China's comprehensive strength and international status, as well as its own problems and predicaments.
First of all, if the United States wants to change China's position in international institutions, it is impossible to get the support of other countries. China is the largest partner of more than 140 countries and regions in the world, and its contribution to the world is unparalleled. If the U.S. forces countries to choose between China and the United States, many countries will lean toward China, or at least won't side with the U.S.
In 2022, the United States tried to co-opt Southeast Asian and South Asian countries against China, but failed. Southeast Asian countries have generally remained neutral, and India has not succumbed to the pressure of the Western world. Just two days ago, the Central American country of Honduras also established diplomatic relations with China despite the opposition of the United States.
Second, the United States wants to strip China of its status as a developing country, and it will not change China's cooperative relations with other countries. China is in the stage of a middle- and high-income country, and the malicious actions of the United States may have a certain impact, but they will not change the development trend and direction of China. China's rapid development depends on the hard work and struggle of the Chinese people, as well as China's strong industrial capacity and huge market. China can also provide a variety of practical assistance, such as China's excellent infrastructure capacity, which is already improving the internal conditions of many developing countries, and more than 100 countries and international organizations are participating in China's Belt and Road Initiative. The benefits that China can bring to the world are irreplaceable by the United States, and the so-called definition of "developing countries" by the United States is just a useless trick.
In the end, these moves by the United States have also thrown their own propaganda into chaos. In the past, the United States has always regarded China as a developing country and labeled China in various negative ways. For example, the U.S. media often reports on China's poverty and backwardness, calls China's newly built apartments "ghost towns," describes China's industrial development as environmental and ecological destruction, and the U.S. Embassy in Beijing publishes China's air quality index daily. The United States has also fabricated a series of lies related to backwardness, such as human rights and forced labor, and used these "accusations" to stir up anti-China sentiment in the international community and push China to the forefront.
These US propaganda is so exaggerated and false that many Westerners will find that they have been deceived when they look at China. Now that the United States wants to change its tone and say that China is not a developing country, then a series of illusions that the United States has spent decades building up will collapse. Because the behavior of the United States is self-contradictory.
The more the United States proclaims that China is "not a developing country" in the international community, the more the people of the world will see clearly the absurdity and hypocrisy of the United States, and its slander against China will be self-denial. These actions by the US House of Representatives are not only harmless to China, but also contribute to the enhancement of China's international image. Perhaps many Chinese did not expect that the United States, which has been maliciously suppressing China, would "help" China in this way.
If the United States really wants to get out of its predicament, it should not blame China for everything, and what the United States really needs to solve is its own internal problems. Bipartisan strife, economic imbalances, police violence, ethnic conflicts, and debt crises are the things that US politicians should be concerned about.