There have been a war of words between the Chinese and the US government. The Chinese people have sustained the most unfavorable environmental influences, however, it is Beijing who warns the global economy by exploiting natural resources through its One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, as per United States State Department. “Despite the Chinese Communist Party’s claims of a zero-tolerance policy towards illegal fishing, Chinese vessels routinely violate the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of other coastal states, fish without permission, and overfish licensing agreements,” US State Department said.
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In a report titled as ‘China’s Environmental Abuses Fact Sheet’, State Department stated: “Beijing is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases; the largest source of marine debris; the worst perpetrators of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; and the world’s largest consumer of trafficked wildlife and timber products. While the Chinese people have suffered the worst environmental impacts of its actions, Beijing also threatens the global economy and global health by unsustainably exploiting natural resources and exporting its willful disregard for the environment through its One Belt One Road initiative.”
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The report further raised anxieties about China’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, as the country has been the world’s largest annual greenhouse gas emitter since 2006. It said, “China’s total emissions are twice that of the United States and nearly one-third of all emissions globally. Besides, China is also the world’s largest consumer of legal and illegal wildlife, and it has been identified as a Focus Country under the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Act, the report concluded.