14.5.08
/ 11:00 PM
you really gotta admire the chinese government
websites in singapore were saying that the chinese authorities are claiming that "time is not ripe" for foreign rescuers and that they "politely declined" offers of rescuers from japan... in short, reports that didn't put chinese government in very good light, suggesting an attitude of "closing doors" however, in my view, i was really damn impressed by how the chinese government handle the crisis. immediately after the earthquake happened, Premier Wen Jia Bao made his way to Sichuan Province. Within a day, nearly the whole country was activated in helping with the relieve efforts. private taxis, buses, coaches were all activated to send resources and soldiers to affected areas. chinese everywhere in the country are donating, almost immediately after the disaster. companies are sending milk, tents, biscuits to Sichuan. in less than 2 days' time, soldiers, food, supplies, police were sent to Sichuan province. and mind you, its a mobilisation of more than 100000 soldiers. this was the rate of mobilisation in China. and the olympics is still ongoing, with no hint of delaying this is how big china is, something happened in the west, the east will be there to provide the necessary resources; something went wrong in the south, the north will be sending help and this is ability the chinese government and its people, so much had happened in just a barely half a year, but China is still as stable as it is even after massive snow storm, tibet riots...
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