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*** China is considered a developing country due to persistent poverty, income inequality, and reliance on certain outdated technologies and fuels, despite its economic rise and status as the world's second-largest economy. While China boasts advanced cities and infrastructure, vast rural areas still face significant development challenges....
Despite being the world's second-largest economy and home to the most billionaires, China is still categorised as a "developing" country and enjoys the same "special and differential treatment" afforded to nations like Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe.Beijing maintains that it sees no reason to give up the self-declared status at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) — or its perks — claiming the preferential treatment is a "fundamental right".
Last week, commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng explained during a regular press conference that China was the "largest developing country" in the world, even though the Asian superpower has a GDP of $US14.2 trillion — in comparison, Australia's GDP is roughly $US1.5 trillion.
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