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2008年5月14日星期三

Foreign Media perspective on China's relief efforts

Following a strong earthquake that jolted the county of Wenchuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 2:28 p.m. on Monday, media from Great Britain, New Zealand, Malaysia and many other countries expressed great concerns about the tremor. Some media highly regarded and hailed the Chinese government's rapid response to the disaster and efficient organization in rescue operations.
Britain's Thames Newspaper said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao set out to the hardest-hit areas immediately after the quake took place; and made a prompt public statement to inform the general public of the true nature of the disaster. China's State media has been transparently covering the disaster, frequently updating the number of casualties.
Mainstream media in New Zealand also broadcast extensive coverage of the disastrous conditions, rescue and relief work; and China's quick responses to breaking events and deploying troops rapidly to the worst-hit areas.
Many New Zealand newspapers, such as the NZ Herald, The Dominion Post and New Zealand News U.K., extensively quoted China's official media, Xinhua, in reporting news about the tremor.
The Oriental Daily, the Malaysian Chinese-language daily newspaper, dedicated entire pages to the coverage of the Sichuan earthquake and rescue operations. Meanwhile, the news source offered related information and extended readings on the general causes of earthquakes.

PM orders reinforcements as toll rises to 14,866

China's central government has ordered to mobilize 50 more military helicopters to airlift the critically injured residents from the mountain-logged rural areas, also epicenter of the killer earthquake which struck southwestern Sichuan Province on Monday.
While on another air inspection of the quake-hit distrcits on Wednesday, Premier Wen Jiabao ordered new reinforcements to the two hardly-battered counties, Wenchuan and Beichuan, as more than 100,000 PLA troops and police forces are searching and rescusing victims day and night.
The newest death toll has risen to 14,866 people, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the situation is getting urgent and grim to save more trapped alive under the debris, as the time since the earthquake ticks towards 72 hours.
Rescuers were racing against time to find survivors a day after the strongest quake to hit China in 32 years jolted southwestern Sichuan province, demolishing buildings and trapping tens of thousands beneath the rubble.
Ordered by the General Staff of the PLA headquarters, up to 600 People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops entered Wenchuan county on foot, the epicenter, late Tuesday and pulled more than 1,000 people from debris, according to the disaster relief headquarters of the Chengdu Military Command.It was not clear how many had survived. The county city is estimated to have 110,000 permanent and migrant residents.
Earlier reports from Sichuan said only about 2,300 people of a town in the hardest hit county, named Yingxiu, out of a total population of 10,000, were known to have survived.
The confirmed national death toll reached 14,866 by 2 pm Wednesday, nearly all of them in Sichuan, according to the temporary disaster relief headquarters headed by Premier Wen Jiabao, who arrived in Dujiangyan, to oversee the rescue work hours after the quake.
Another 9,404 were buried in debris, 7,841 were missing and 26,206 people were injured, according to the headquarters.
"We will try our best to send milk powder to parents and ensure children do not go hungry," Wen said on Tuesday after learning that some infants were running short of food and many people needed drinking water and tents.
Wen was visiting cities worst hit by the quake, including Dujiangyan, Deyang and Mianzhu.
An aerial view of a town in the epicenter of Wenchuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, after the deadly May 12 earthquake, in May 14, 2008. [Xinhua]
He said the rescue work had entered a crucial stage and asked people to remain calm, confident and united as he inspected a factory in Mianzhu and urged officials to ensure rapid distribution of food.
He comforted a crying child, saying, "Don't cry. Food will be sent in a short time. Biscuits and milk powder will be sent in a short time."
He told villagers: "I know some of your family and friends have died. We are deeply saddened. Some people are still trapped. We will do our utmost to rescue them."
The premier ordered that all rocks and mudslides blocking roads to the epicenter be cleared by midnight.
"People are trapped in the debris; we must seize every second," he told an emergency meeting.
Xia Guofu, Sichuan provincial military commander, led a team of more than 300 soldiers into Wenchuan and more troops were expected imminently, said Ye Wanyong, political commissar of the command.
Rescuers who arrived at Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan on foot Tuesday afternoon said the town was inaccessible by road.
The soldiers reported more than 70 percent of the roads in the town damaged, and almost all bridges had collapsed. Many people were believed to be under the debris.
Previous attempts by rescuers to reach the epicenter "by land, air and water" failed because of landslides, telecommunication breakdown and rain, an official with the Sichuan provincial relief headquarters said.
,000 Soldiers Mobilized
As of Tuesday night, nearly 20,000 soldiers and armed policemen had arrived in Sichuan province, with 30,000 more troops advancing toward the quake-hit regions by planes, trains and trucks, and on foot, the Ministry of Defense said.
A large number of search and rescue workers are urgently needed in quake-hit areas, an official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Tuesday.
Wang Zhenyao, director of the disaster relief department of the ministry, told a press conference on Tuesday that people trapped in collapsed buildings could survive for up to a week.
According to Wang, transportation hurdles and the huge number of victims were the two major difficulties facing rescue and relief workers.
Meanwhile, huge amounts of relief materials are required, Wang said, adding that up to 60,000 tents are needed in Mianyang alone, putting further pressure on transport.
Wang, while expressing appreciation for all domestic and foreign donations, said conditions were "not yet ripe" to allow foreign rescue teams into the country.
"At this point, transportation in affected areas is still blocked and it is impossible even for our own rescue teams to reach the disaster-hit areas," he said.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday also welcomed the international community's aid to China's relief efforts.
Many international organizations and foreign leaders have expressed sympathy and pledged to offer help.
Qin Gang told a news briefing that no casualties of foreigners in quake-affected area had been reported.
A group of 31 British tourists have arrived safe in Chengdu, Qin Gang late on Tuesday.
The 31 British tourists encountered the massive quake Monday afternoon on their way back from a tour to Wolong, and all of them finally returned to Chengdu safe without any casualty or injury, with the assistance of the police of Dujiangyan, a city near Chengdu, according to Qin.
Train Derailed
A 40-car freight train carrying gasoline derailed and caught fire in neighboring Gansu during the quake and was still burning Tuesday evening, a railway official said. One injury was reported.
The train, including 13 tank cars filled with gasoline, derailed and burst into flames on Monday in Gansu province when the quake cut a major rail line, Wang Yongping, spokesman for the Ministry of Railways said.
It was still on fire more than 26 hours after the accident, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The heat of the fire could be felt 100 m away.
Wang said all the railway lines affected by the quake in Sichuan province had been reopened, apart from the line with the burning freight train. That railway runs from Baoji in Shaanxi province to Guangyuan in Sichuan.
The earthquake left trains and passengers stranded on major rail lines leading to Chengdu, Xinhua said. At least 149 cargo trains and 31 passenger trains were affected and passengers were being moved to safety yesterday.
Emergency Warning
Water resources authorities issued an emergency warning after water projects suffered severe damage in the quake.
According to E Jingping, vice-minister of water resources, the quake has resulted in the damage of "a considerable number of water projects".
"Given that water reservoirs are prone to risks, dam collapses might lead to mass casualties if inspections and rescue work are not conducted in a timely manner," E told Xinhua after an urgent video conference with the water authorities in Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Gansu and Shaanxi.
Torch Relay
In another development, organizers of the Beijing Olympic Games said on Tuesday that a minute's silence will be observed during future stops of the torch relay to mourn the victims of the quake.
The relay is scheduled to head to Jiangxi province on Wednesday as it continues its three-month journey through the country.
"All participants of the torch relay will observe one minute of silence at the beginning of the "Donation centers will also be set up along the route of the relay."
Li Zhanjun, a BOCOG spokesman, said earlier yesterday that there were no plans to change the relay's route in Sichuan.
The torch is to be carried through seven towns and cities in Sichuan from June 15 to 18. They include Mianyang and Guanghuan, both hit hard in the quake

Chinese Politburo stresses saving lives first in quake relief

Saving lives should be taken as the top priority during the quake relief after nearly 15,000 confirmed dead, a high profile meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee was told Wednesday.
The meeting of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, presided over by President Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, urged more army, armed police, firemen and special policemen, as well as medical personnel be rushed to the quake-hit areas.
The meeting called on various government departments to take measures to provide appropriate accommodations to survivors, ensuring that they are well fed, clad and sheltered.
"Attention should be paid to maintain social stability," the meeting was told.
It presses resumption of transportation, electricity, communication and water supply as soon as possible.
A strong quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County in northwest part of Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. The death toll tallied 14,463 by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday in Sichuan. Another 14,051 were missing, 25,788 buried in debris, and 64,746 injured.
Tens of thousands of army personnel and armed police have arrived at or are approaching the epicenter to carry out disaster relief work.
As of 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, emergency relief teams sent by the China Seismological Bureau (CSB) and 13 provinces and municipalities had saved 84 survivors in Sichuan.
Disaster relief goods have been airdropped to major quake-hit areas including Wenchuan County and Mianzhu City.
Public donations in both cash and goods to the quake-hit areas had risen to 877 million yuan (125 million U.S. dollars) as of 4 p.m. on Wednesday, updating a previous figure of 603 million yuan, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

2008年4月20日星期日

论埃菲尔铁塔的倒掉

埃菲尔铁塔是巴黎的标志之一,被法国人爱称为“铁娘子”。它和纽约的帝国大厦、东京的电视塔同被誉为西方三大著名建筑。

  1889年,法国大革命100周年,巴黎举办了大型国际博览会以示庆祝。博览会上最引人注目的展品便是埃菲尔铁塔。它一方面成为当时法国大革命推翻封建专制制度,促进工业革命发展的象征,另一方面,也成为西方文明的精神图腾。

      虚幻美丽的埃菲尔铁塔

  曾几何时,国人每到欧洲出行、旅游,都以在埃菲尔铁塔下留影为荣,心目中仿佛自己也笼罩在西方文明和生活方式那一层层传说中绚目的光环下。诚然,我们不能全盘否认西方民主和文明的历史地位,我也未如鲁迅先生儿时那般希望雷峰塔早早倒掉,但当CNN、法国5台、《费加罗报》、《解放报》等境外媒体对西藏打砸抢烧事件肆意歪曲的时候,当带着13亿中国人美好期待的祥云火炬在巴黎艰难前行的时候,那标榜公正、文明,貌似雄伟的埃菲尔铁塔却在13亿中国人的心中轰然倒掉了。

  鲁迅先生说的好极了:“和尚本应该只管自己念经。白蛇自迷许仙,许仙自娶妖怪,和别人有什么相干呢?他偏要放下经卷,横来招是搬非,大约是怀着嫉妒罢,——那简直是一定的。”   今日的中国,正一天天走向强大,我们在国际舞台上所主张的和平、发展、多极化思想也正在撼动着西方发达国家所缔造的新殖民主义利益帝国,第二次世界大战以后,西方强国对非西方国家实施的一种侵略政策和手段。在民族解放运动的打击下,赤裸裸的暴力和强权已经被国际社会所唾弃,西方发达国家被迫改变了直接的殖民统治的旧方式,而采取更隐蔽的、间接的殖民侵略手段。它们充分利用其经济优势,对非西方国家进行政治、经济、文化侵略(必要时也使用军事手段),把已取得政治独立的国家置于它们的控制之下,以使这些国家继续充当其商品市场、原料产地和投资场所,最大限度地榨取财富。而中国的崛起,中国对第三世界国家的坦诚帮助,中国所倡导的世界新秩序,恰恰打碎了西方一些国家的美梦,恼羞成怒、怀恨在心、嫉妒排挤之余,当然也就不择手段了。

  今日的中国,生活是一天天好起来了,正当我们的一些国民渐渐习惯了丰富多彩的小资情调,习惯了接受各种各样的舶来品,习惯了一切都与国际接轨,习惯了拿西方的标准来衡量一切的时候,西方反华势力的所作所为确实令我们感到震惊,更令我们警醒,我们终于又一次的认识到:西方的民主是双重标准的民主,西方的文明是建立在殖民主义和霸权主义上的文明!我们终于有机会深刻反思,我们的文明究竟是什么?我们的路究竟在何方?   醒来吧!善良而天真的国民!醒来吧,东方的雄师。埃菲尔铁塔已经倒掉了,它只是我们前进途中一道美丽虚幻的海市蜃楼,梦醒了,我们还要继续赶路。

该不该去抵制“家乐福”?

法国政府对藏独分子的纵容彻底激怒了中国人。民众自发地组织起来,通过网络、短信宣传抵制法国产品。家乐福,这个法国品牌,自然成为目标。
我不知道我该怎么样表示我的态度?因为我所在的城市没有家乐福。合肥有,我还去逛过一次,但像我们这样的小城市,还没有引起这些跨国巨头们的注意。所以说我抵制吧,总不能大老远地跑去合肥吧!不抵制吧,法国人伤害了我们的感情,我们怎么也得给点厉害给法国人瞧瞧,这里没有“东亚病夫”。我更愿意在网络上发表我的看法。
现在抵制“家乐福”的活动正进行的如火如荼,但也不是一边倒的声音。据调查,大约有四成的被访人会去参加抵制活动,约有九成的人支持抵制。也就是说还有一成的人是反对抵制的。他们的理由不一而足,像白岩松就认为抵制是一种“内讧”行为,还有的认为抵制“家乐福”会伤害中国自己,因为家乐福95%的货物是中国产,家乐福还有数万名中国工人。
对以上观点我是不敢苟同。网友“自发”地抵制家乐福怎么是“内讧”呢?要知道中国人不是无缘无故地去抵制他,而是因为他的大股东给藏独捐钱,破坏中国的稳定。一个在中国赚钱却又破坏中国稳定的企业,自然不能让他如此肆无忌惮,要让他知道在中国就得守中国的法律。至于所谓的伤害中国自己,根本就不成立。民众不去家东福购物,并不代表就取消了购物。他们照样可以去金华联、大润发购物。供应商们只需要把供应家乐福的商品改送到其它商场就行了。至于家乐福的员工,他们可以对家乐福说:“民众不购物难道是我们的错吗?”如果家乐福倒了,他们还可以去别的商场寻找工作。
今天官方出来一篇新闻,宣扬的是民众要理性爱国,站好自己的岗位就是最大的爱国。话说得在理,背后的意图却耐人寻味。配合这篇新闻的就职新浪、网易等门户找不到关于“五、一”抵制家乐福的报道了。看来我们的官方是不想把这件事闹大。

2008年3月28日星期五

2008年3月26日星期三

CNN:American-style lie

CNN is famous on Earth by its lie.On Tibet incident of China happend on April 10,CNN also show its hypocrisy.
Chinese netizens are very angry on this thing.They stongly express their discontent.Here is their message at http://www.sina.com.cn/.