Nancy Pelosi's visit to China

The American bipartisan delegation led by Speaker Nancy Pesoli is touring China to discuss the global climatic changes. Since the international concerns on environmental protection has gained worldwide attentions, the leaders are toiling around to fix this hazardous problem which had significantly changed the world. It is obvious that the greed of human and its nations rose above the height of human civilization, had jeopardized and adversely affected the nature. Rapid industrialization challenged and exhausted the nature by making it week that leaves the world at the brink of disaster. Natural calimities, like earthquakes, floods, global warming had manifestated the human life unto an awkward situation that has left no other choices than to remify the system to adjust. The lost that the human beings had done to our mother nature can not be reinstalled, but can preserve what is existing. We can not kill ourselves, nor we have a right to kill other species in this world. Many species were wiped out of their existence and remained just a history, many more are listed as an endangered species. In a selfish human thinking, if the destruction of nature continues, we shall never survive.

Coming back to the main point, it is quite interesting to see the change in the policy of the Obama administration towards China. China, a lone rising power, is a developing country focusing on productivity. Since the time of Communist inception, China struggles to push forward the manufacturing units to the top priority so that they will become like a Soviet Union. Great Leap forward, initiated by Mao Tsetung is a classic example of China's modernization which is still practising in China without any pollution control mechanism.

China's hunger for modernization for the past six decades had maliciously driven its states into one of the most polluted zone. With the lack of modern technology, skills, and management, China is wasting so much of its resources extracted before reaching the manufacturing unit. Even after the resources were utilized, China pollutes its air and filled it with smogs, rivers turned into poison and the lands turned barren with toxic substances. 

In order to avoid its humiliation during the Beijing Olympic, many factories were shut down, many vehicles were restricted for a month to clean the air, but Beijing still remains under the thick blanket of smogs. China did not even spear its colonized Tibet, previously known for clean air. Since its invasion in 1959, China exploited and extracted its rich resources (mineral, water and biodiversity) and still continue to do so in the name of modernization of Tibet. Alas! Tibet, which China called (Xizang) which literally means Western Treasure is tragically becoming a vast barren land. The roof of the world, once covered by snow cladded mountains is running out of it's snow due to the global warming. Scientists are worried that Tibet, the third pole is melting as the highest level in the Tibet's recorded history which will have implications not only in Tibet but also on the other side of the world. China is behind this gruesome disaster, and the world knows about it but stays silent. It is never too late to raise this issue.

Nancy Pelosi's visit to China is imperative and timely as America, the lone super power and China, a lone rising power needs to think about the global environment. It is a wise as well as rational decision of President Obama to engage China on climate, so that China will become a responsible citizen of the world. Over the years, America's benign role on human rights (morale policing) had apprehended Chinese leadership with distrust and considered interfering in their domestic politics. But, the climate issue is whole different subject and considered a global which make America and China to work together.

During her ongoing tour, Chinese petitioners lined up to address their grievances against the government. Some wrote a graffiti on the wall, 'We love you, Nancy' and others considered her a savior of human rights. Nancy Pelosi, a long time Tibet supporters and vocal about China's human rights violation is treated well this time in China, even though the Chinese leaders earlier shunned her when she met His Holiness the Dalai Lama, last year in Dharamsala, India. It is hard to say, whether America has an influence on China but it is surely a one step forward to make China realize what is going wrong with China other than human rights.

Global climatic issue is the main proposition during the meeting, but she raised Tibet and human rights issues with the Chinese leaders and asked for an earnest negotiation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.