Chet,
Do you have any opinion on why this might be ? Are there any motivating factors or reasons why what you were looking for was not realized ? What does the internet or news sources offer ?
All the countries involved have people in abject poverty. Disease, famine, crime, violence. I can see China joining to improve their international standing. They have a bad human rights record. They are a communist country. Joining hands with them is like everybody saying they could care less about human rights. Good for business, so who cares about human rights. You get headlines like the following:
Dec 21, 2015 - Praise for China's role in Paris agreement ...
U.S. News & World Report › 2014/01/17
Jan 17, 2014 - China's Excuses for Its Human Rights Record Don't Hold ... Criticism of China's human rights behavior, therefore, does not ...