China accuses Pelosi of damaging US international reputation

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's remarks about the climate crisis have damaged the US international reputation.

When US President Joe Biden spoke at the COP27 in Egypt hoping to show the world the image of a global leader on climate action, he faced an international audience with the majority having seen through the US' lack of reliability in keeping promises, Chinese observers said, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought US domestic partisanship to COP27 for political purposes, further damaging the US' international reputation, according to Global Times.

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's remarks have damaged the US' international reputation, but she could not care less. It seems she would do anything to enhance Democrats' political power," Li Haidong, a professor from the Institute of International Relations at the China Foreign Affairs University, said.

Li noted that it's clear that Pelosi tried to depict Republicans as the culprit behind the ineffective global response to the climate crisis in order to help Democrats gain more international support and more understanding from domestic voters.

"It's ironic that Pelosi actually brought American partisan politics to the stage of COP27, which shows that the US has no credibility and US policy is inconsistent and hypocritical on climate actions," Li said.