"Feeding the Dragon," US Aid to China Criticized
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2011-11-18
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With China's growing economic power, some US lawmakers are questioning whether the US should be providing millions of dollars in aid to that country. Up to 4 million dollars in aid is budgeted to help China create green energy projects and fight wildlife trafficking. Though it's only a fraction of the billions of dollars in aid that the US gives to foreign countries each year, lawmakers are questioning whether the money is going to good use.
"Feeding the Dragon," that was the title of a hearing held on November 15th by the US House Foreign Affairs Asia Sub Committee. US congressmen were evaluating if United States should continue to send aid to China—the US's biggest creditor.
[Brad Sherman, US Congressman, D-California]:
"We're borrowing money from China, to give it to China, to do stuff that the Chinese don't think is important enough to pay for."
This year the United States will give 12-million dollars in aid money to China, and 4-million of that money is being scrutinized. It's earmarked for clean energy development, rule of law and combating wildlife trafficking.
US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher opposes the aid on grounds that the Chinese regime doesn't care about rule of law or wildlife trafficking.
[Dana Rohrabacher, US Congressman, R-California]:
"These are people who take their own women and put them into forced abortions, and these are the same people who murder the Falun Gong and other religious followers and we expect that we are going to help them save endangered species."
Yet administration officials have pointed out the money won't be given to the Chinese regime, but instead to NGOs operating in China.
US Aid says it is in the interest of Americans to help China clean up environmental pollution.
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With China's growing economic power, some US lawmakers are questioning whether the US should be providing millions of dollars in aid to that country. Up to 4 million dollars in aid is budgeted to help China create green energy projects and fight wildlife trafficking. Though it's only a fraction of the billions of dollars in aid that the US gives to foreign countries each year, lawmakers are questioning whether the money is going to good use.
"Feeding the Dragon," that was the title of a hearing held on November 15th by the US House Foreign Affairs Asia Sub Committee. US congressmen were evaluating if United States should continue to send aid to China—the US's biggest creditor.
[Brad Sherman, US Congressman, D-California]:
"We're borrowing money from China, to give it to China, to do stuff that the Chinese don't think is important enough to pay for."
This year the United States will give 12-million dollars in aid money to China, and 4-million of that money is being scrutinized. It's earmarked for clean energy development, rule of law and combating wildlife trafficking.
US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher opposes the aid on grounds that the Chinese regime doesn't care about rule of law or wildlife trafficking.
[Dana Rohrabacher, US Congressman, R-California]:
"These are people who take their own women and put them into forced abortions, and these are the same people who murder the Falun Gong and other religious followers and we expect that we are going to help them save endangered species."
Yet administration officials have pointed out the money won't be given to the Chinese regime, but instead to NGOs operating in China.
US Aid says it is in the interest of Americans to help China clean up environmental pollution.
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