GDP is an index that demonstrates the economic scale of a country and the influence it exercises. That China's GDP is reportedly the second largest in the world signifies it is the second most influential economy and its degree of influence on the world economy now is far beyond its people's imagination.
China's responsibilities have grown correspondingly with its economy and influence. And though it has been saying it is impossible for it, as a developing country with a rather low per capita GDP, to shoulder more responsibilities, it is hard for it to win international support because of its global influence and the emerging resource and energy problems across the world. This means China has to shoulder responsibilities corresponding to the size of its economy.
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