Added: Dec 5, 2008
From: wimmeke75
Duration: 5:36
More comparison between China earthquake and US Katrina hurricane responses:Why do the media constantly compare the rescue and relief operations between China and Myanmar? Let's compare China with the US:In China, an earthquake that registered 8.0 struck with no warning. The Premier was on the plane to the disaster centre 90 minutes later to co-ordinate the rescue and relief effort; local, provincial and national and military authorities immediately ordered an all-out rescuing effort, no arguments, no buck passing. Airports and buildings were evacuated in little over 30 minutes and police and emergency workers swung into action at about the same time. Soldiers poured into the diaster sites by planes, trucks and, where the roads were damaged, by walking for hours. Victims helped themselves and others where they could; everything was orderly; no chaos, no looting, no crimes and no unreasonable demands, knowing at times of crisis, action, understanding and unity is the best for all.In the US, a hurricane struck after 48 hours warning. The President reluctantly terminated his holidays one and a half days after the diaster struck; the Secretary of States was seen in New York shopping for designer shoes while people waited for help. Rescue and relief efforts were slow and ineffective. The state Governor blames the Federal and the Federal blames the state; the mayor blames everybody else. Four days after the diaster, troops armed to the teeth appeared on the street in their Humvees, not there to rescue anybody but to maintain law and order and shoot looters. Many police officers wanted to quit or retire early.I hope this diaster will prompt some in the west who have long hold a deep bias and prejudice against China to rethink. Is democracy a be all, end all thing? If not, let China evolve by its own accord and in its own pace.Original video:http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4860392
Channel: News
Tags: 7.8 china earthquake sichuan wenchuan 中国汶川 四川 四川地震现场 地震 汶川
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sapphire91288 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - 1,836 of our citizens died as a result of Hurricane Katrina... I was shocked with I learned this. I always knew it was hundreds, but that number just blew me away.
beautifulprincessM Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - Thank you I will make note of the number. Im shocked too
china1fan Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - Agree. China has done a great job in this disaster. USA under Bush has done the worst job
fremandn Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - The US had more warning than the Chinese. There needn't have been any fatalities from the hurricane. There is no excuse for this huge difference in response time.
doooooohh Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - China govement isnt that bad as you think in western... they depends on the chinese population so they gotta do a good job or they will get fired
doooooohh Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - us army are good to kill innocent people and invade other countries without the arcept from international...
china1fan Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - How do you fire the Chinese government? Please entertain me.
shijieheping123 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - @abudabitThe earthquake in China was more powerful than Japan's. In China it hit the country's most populated province, while in Japan it was a more remote region. 1,836 died in Katrina. If the US gov was in charge of this quake then millions would've died. But you wouldn't know that bcz you're just a stupid little troll, right?
nemasen Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - by going into the chinese political system and climbing the ladder yourself.
cruisedragon Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - i m glad that the Chinese president came to the quake zone in 90 minutes to access the situation while president bush took like a week to access Katrina and the midwest
china1fan Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - To defeat the system, you must be part of the system? That's deep.
konman001 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - There was no international effort to help USA during Katrina. In case of China, it is different.
osamh123 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - no comment i so sad about them i am really crting right now so many ppl died there
4485lolo Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - wrong...during katrina. china donated money and support as well
QDBYZ Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - it is so true, yep us army are so good killing innocent people~ but when problems come, wow.. O_o||
Joseph20062007 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - China's earthquake response is faster than US Katrina response because Chinese government are not racist while US government is racist (most of the Katrina victims are black).
eclecticderby Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - LOL even when they invade, they make a lousy job of restoring the countries. Seems like they couldn't get anything much right.
eclecticderby Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - haha. US Of A needing international help??? Katrina, unlike a earthquake, could be detected early. People can be evacuated. Bush could bother to reach the disaster site asap. It wasn't even half as devastating as the China quake. Yet nearly 2000 died in Katrina.
kggoh Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - Now, they even fail on monitoring their financial system. A few months back, Bush said there is no worry abt the financial sub-prime crisis, the crisis is over. Guess what, now the crisis has spread out to its allies, eg. UK, Germany, one bank after another bank collapse. More and more victim will eventually turn up.
sianghan Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - Nah, its because New Orleans are a city of niggas. White man would rather die than give blood to a nigga.
konman001 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - Naaah....its more like America borrowed money which it will have to pay back with interest.
konman001 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - So are you saying that Chinese are racist against African Americans? The reason why they didn't bother is because (in your own words) they were a bunch of "niggas"?
konman001 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - You are saying is that US Government was slow during Katrina because it is racist against black people. Following this logic it must NOT be racist against Chinese people because it was quick in responding to China earthquake. Hmmm. . . maybe more Asian people should live in New Orleans in the future.Also, using your logic are you saying that Chinese people are racist against black people and this is why they were "slow" in giving aid to them in New Orleans?
ECKO757 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - china didnt have a jackass like bush as there leader
dud3man6969 Says:
Dec 5, 2008 - Most of the blame for the human suffering in LA during Katrina is squarely with the local and state officials. They should have declared a state of emergency when the other effected states did and evacuated the people by any means necessary. But no, they waited until it was got just about as bad as it could have possibly gotten. The 14 year old kid who stole the school bus and drove it full of people to TX had more sense then all the state and local officials combined. He got it.