On Mon, 19 May 2008 10:30:54 +0800, Lproudman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 18, 7:30 am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Earthquakes and other natural disasters are a-political; they strike
>> regardless.
>>
>> Unlike Burma, where the leader****p committed crimes against humanity,
the
>> CCP
>> did most of the right things. The key correct decision was not to hide
the
>> facts (a common failing in previous cases: i.e., SARs.) Allowing the
Chinese
>> media the re****t the news live was a huge breakthrough. The second
correct
>> decision was for the leader****p to rush massive resources to the scene.
>>
>> (Sadly, the CCP was unwilling to accept foreign experts -- like the dog
>> teams
>> from Japan -- early enough so they could save lives.)
>>
>> Undoubtedly, the Chinese media could have been more aggressive (the
habit of
>> following the Party Line is hard to break). For example, some buildings
that
>> should have survived the quake collapsed as a result of poor
construction
>> and
>> the Chinese media could have investigated such things to learn if
negligence
>> or dishonesty or both were involved.
>
>
>> --
>> Love, Jim
>> (I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove excessive
>> crossposts.)
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> Why compare China response with Burma ? Why not compare China response
> with Katrina ?
Oh, because the Katrina response, incompetent tho it was, was better
managed
than the Chinese one.
Sending tens of thousands of troops was the right thing to do. But the
soldiers lacked the tools or the training to provide high quality help.
The
US response was too slow in getting started, but once they woke up George
Bush (who was on vacation) and turned on his TV, he sent soldiers with
appropriate training and equipment.
In terms of loss of life, the Katrina rescue was (compared to China's) not
all that bad.
--
Love, Jim
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crossposts.)
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