Hu Jintao did too slow rescue during earthquake!

[李伯根]

2008-05-25.The death toll from the May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province has claimed 62,664 lives and left 358,816 injured and 23,775 missing as of noon on Sunday, according to the State Council Information Office.

The first 72 hours after an earthquake are judged to be crucial.Unfavourable comparisons have been raised about the speed and size of the military mobilisation for this emergency, compared to the massive troop deployments in March following rioting and protest marches in Tibetan areas of Western China.

Only 20 helicopters of a total of 500, were sent by PLA commanders to the earthquake area. Given the mountainous terrain and severed or blocked roads, helicopters are crucial to any rescue effort.

Another issue that has generated criticism is why the Chinese government refused offers of expert help from other countries until two days after the quake. Now, search and rescue teams from Japan, Russia, South Korea and Singapore, with sniffer dogs, fibre-optical and heat-sensitive equipment, have been admitted to the earthquake zone. There are no available statistics in China of how many sniffer dogs the PLA itself has. Perhaps issues of military prestige (opposition from PLA commanders) or an underestimation of the scale and severity of the crisis led to the Chinese government’s initial refusal to accept outside help. But whatever the reason, valuable time was lost.

[D3niss3]

hey, what does your name stands for?

[李伯根]

Originally Posted by d3n!s3

hey, what does your name stands for?

Li Bogen.
Just a name,common in Sichuan,and Shanghai.

[Neusha G.]

That sounds bad!!

The 20 helicopter situation, sounds like the country wasn't to worried about it.

But they accepted help from other countries within 2 days. That seems fast to me.

Originally Posted by 李伯根

2008-05-25.The death toll from the May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province has claimed 62,664 lives and left 358,816 injured and 23,775 missing as of noon on Sunday, according to the State Council Information Office.

The first 72 hours after an earthquake are judged to be crucial.Unfavourable comparisons have been raised about the speed and size of the military mobilisation for this emergency, compared to the massive troop deployments in March following rioting and protest marches in Tibetan areas of Western China.

Only 20 helicopters of a total of 500, were sent by PLA commanders to the earthquake area. Given the mountainous terrain and severed or blocked roads, helicopters are crucial to any rescue effort.

Another issue that has generated criticism is why the Chinese government refused offers of expert help from other countries until two days after the quake. Now, search and rescue teams from Japan, Russia, South Korea and Singapore, with sniffer dogs, fibre-optical and heat-sensitive equipment, have been admitted to the earthquake zone. There are no available statistics in China of how many sniffer dogs the PLA itself has. Perhaps issues of military prestige (opposition from PLA commanders) or an underestimation of the scale and severity of the crisis led to the Chinese government’s initial refusal to accept outside help. But whatever the reason, valuable time was lost.

[bizwiz]

well the response time could have been better.

[李伯根]

Originally Posted by Neusha G.

...they accepted help from other countries within 2 days. That seems fast to me.

Foreign rescue teams did little eventually.


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