An Unlikely Role Model: the Chinese Govt
Posted on May 12, 2008, by Hanna Ingber Win, under International.
The Chinese government doesn’t exactly have a good reputation, but its response to Monday’s 7.9 magnitude earthquake should even further embarrass the Burmese junta. This excerpt is from the New York Times (which was able to send reporters to the scene on the first day - unlike in Burma where the junta deported the foreign correspondents it found.)
Officials quickly mobilized 50,000 soldiers to help with rescue efforts, state media said. Prime Minister Wen Jiabao flew to the scene and was shown coordinating disaster response teams from the cabin of his jet.
The prime minister later stood outside the damaged edifice of the Traditional Medicine Hospital in the city of Dujiangyan, shouting encouragement at people trapped in its ruins.
“Hang on a bit longer,” he said in televised remarks. “The troops are rescuing you. As long as there is the slightest hope, we will never relax our efforts.”
Can anyone imagine Burma’s Sen. Gen. Than Shwe shouting encouragement to survivors of Burma’s cyclone? Than Shwe did appear in public (see below, courtesy of AFP) to vote in Saturday’s referendum on the sham constitution.
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2 Replies to "An Unlikely Role Model: the Chinese Govt"
Hanna Ingber Win on May 13, 2008
Dear Thawta,
Thank you very much for your comment. I will pass your information along.
thawta on May 13, 2008
Hi Hanna,
I would like to request small favour from you.
Yestersay I read one blogger written against the article of “It it time to invade Myanmar”.
His point of view is that the war will end up like Iraq if US invade Myanmar.PLs make him and US citizen to understand that Myanmar welcome US Army to invade Myanmar.
Now people in Myanmar are looking into sky and hopping US Army to enter myanmat to arrest SPDC junta.
We,Myanmar ppl, really need powerfull country likes US to help us to get Democracy.
We really need help from world countries.
Today Myanmar Junta sealed off the disaster area.Evan Burmese people cannot enter that zone unless their ID card belong to that area.That’s really bad.
The rulers don’t allow aid agencies as well as Myanmar volunteer to enter that zone.
Pls help people from world to understand that Myanmar people really welcome US Army as well as others.