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And now China

Postby Asso » Mon May 12, 2008 7:56 pm

And now China.
It's awful! :(
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Postby blacknblue » Tue May 13, 2008 2:26 pm

Those poor kids in that school which collapsed is enough to give me nightmares.
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Postby Escriba » Tue May 13, 2008 2:57 pm

I hope Chinese Government isn't as :censored: as the Burmese.
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Postby justTripn » Tue May 13, 2008 4:38 pm

They aren't letting foreign workers in, but I think the Chinese government has a reputation for being effective/successful, especially in the area of medical emergencies/campaigns.
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Postby Asso » Tue May 13, 2008 5:11 pm

I hope! :?
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Re: And now China

Postby Bookworm » Tue May 13, 2008 5:35 pm

:shock: :(

We don't own a television and we don't get any newspapers so I just found out few minutes ago from an other internet page what has happened.

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Postby Elessar » Tue May 13, 2008 9:31 pm

Escriba wrote:I hope Chinese Government isn't as :censored: as the Burmese.


I've read that China isn't being its usual tight-lipped self about this disaster as they apparently usually are.
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Re: And now China

Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Tue May 13, 2008 10:55 pm

Elessar wrote:
Escriba wrote:I hope Chinese Government isn't as :censored: as the Burmese.

I've read that China isn't being its usual tight-lipped self about this disaster as they apparently usually are.

Probably because of the Olympics coming up... :?
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Postby Asso » Tue May 13, 2008 11:06 pm

Sad... but true. :?
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Re: And now China

Postby Elessar » Wed May 14, 2008 12:04 am

Kevin Thomas Riley wrote:
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Escriba wrote:I hope Chinese Government isn't as :censored: as the Burmese.

I've read that China isn't being its usual tight-lipped self about this disaster as they apparently usually are.

Probably because of the Olympics coming up... :?


What would it have to do with the Olympics? They've already got the Olympics... the Olympic Council can't pull out or anything. If anything I would think that if they were concerned about turnout for the Olympics, they would stifle and marginalize how bad the damage has been, in case people are frightened away from travelling there.
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Postby Kevin Thomas Riley » Wed May 14, 2008 12:12 am

Elessar wrote:What would it have to do with the Olympics? They've already got the Olympics... the Olympic Council can't pull out or anything. If anything I would think that if they were concerned about turnout for the Olympics, they would stifle and marginalize how bad the damage has been, in case people are frightened away from travelling there.

The Chinese really don't need any more badwill than they already have (from the Tibet issue among other things), and pursuing a Burmese tactic would surely give them that. It's not like they could contain any news of the fallout from the earthquake. Thus they have no choice but to be relatively "open" about it. And even if they're communist tyrants, unlike the Burmese junta, the Chinese do care about what the world thinks and about international prestige. And again unlike the Burmese junta, they strive to attract foreign investment. All that would go down the drain if they went the Burmese way.
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Re: And now China

Postby enterprikayak » Wed May 14, 2008 12:25 am

Poor China. Tibet riot stuff. Olympic stuff. Earthquake stuff. 2008 has been a heck of a year for them and it's not yet 1/2 over. Course, Tibet's their own fault, but still. Heck of a year.
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Re: And now China

Postby Asso » Wed May 14, 2008 12:34 am

Well!
I can't say it's better here, in the matter a lot of other things. Less, less grievous! Sure!
Well yes. I continue to write. And on Fanfiction.Net, for those who want, it is possible to cast a glance at my latest efforts. We arrived to
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