Why did China refuse foreign aid?
- added May 15, 2008
- 6 responses
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- aricsqueen
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- China (1077)
- Shanghai Diaries (91)
Japanese help and more are turned away at the airport, with the P.R.C. claiming it's 'not yet ripe' enough...
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- aricsqueen
- 1 month ago
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What is the full response of PRC regarding refusal of support on the ground?
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- aschneider
- 1 month ago
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Bloomberg is reporting now that after two days of refusing foreign workers, China has asked Japan to send rescue workers in to help with quake relief efforts. And they have been accepting foreign supplies and money, but not workers... similar to what was going on in Burma. (Though China has been much quicker to distribute aid provisions). -
Here's a good article about how the international community deals with a country that is accepting foreign aid, and where to draw the line in terms of the "responsibility to protect". -
aschneider - good question; if you can give me a day, I'll get back to ya (wisdom tooth out today).
abbym0308 - good to hear about them letting in Japan. In fact, I've mentioned this on almost every show since it happened, this is a perfect time to make up for past differences, especially between Japan and China. Per the latimes piece, this makes me think that should they not let anyone in (both China and Burma), does this fall under 'human rights' or not?-
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- aricsqueen
- 1 month ago
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Hmm.... compare Burma and China... I can't help but think that we're stretching a point there. China from the top down has mobilized on this crisis - troops and leaders are on the scene. We're getting all sorts of coverage - photos, videos.
The coverage I see from Burma is clandestine, bodies still floating in the water, a refusal for help when the government is incapable of being effective.
The Japanese rescuers are a tremendous sign of goodwill between China and Japan. Extremely important. Extremely symbolic. If the importance of the Japanese workers escapes anyone, they should carefully review the history between the nations over the last few centuries. A commendable opportunity to mend very old wounds.
In Burma, the foreign workers would fill the gap where the local effort is next to non-existent. They would raise the effort from nothing to something. In China, with 10's of thousand of troops there, foreign workers might add more of a logistical complication than aid. And with continued quakes and landslides, I expect the Chinese government would be concerned for their safety.
Interesting to note, according to the article, that volunteers from Taiwan are on their way. I expect that it will be easier to coordinate having a common language.
To be honest, I was starting to wonder why Canada wasn't more in the forefront in this crisis. I can understand DART being deployed to Burma but I was feeling that our official response was falling short. Then I learned that the Canadian commitment is towards rebuilding afterwards. That made sense.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/16/content_81...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_Assistance_Respon...
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- mutantjedi
- 1 month ago
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Some really good info there - and yeah, you're right, comparing the 2 isn't 100% fair, except for the 'disaster strikes/foreign aid is refused'.
Japan is making huge strides to mend relations, which is a positive step in all of this - I just hope, as mentioned before, that help buys outsiders a tiny bit of opinion in everything...
Still sad that Yao Ming sent 500,000rmb - the same about as the U.S..-
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- aricsqueen
- 1 month ago
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