China Rejects as ‘Unfair’ Suggestions It’s a Developed Economy
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China has labeled Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s call for the Asian powerhouse to be recognized as a developed economy as “one-sided and unfair.”
“The assertion of China being a ‘newly developed economy’ by the Australian side doesn’t hold much water,” Beijing’s Australian embassy said in a statement in response to Morrison’s claim, made during his U.S. tour earlier this week. “It is basically an echo of what the U.S. has claimed.”