You can be pissed as hell that I could care less. I wish that you could raise $3.7 million private donations to support your noble Free Tibetan cause when needed.

Before you fingerpoint at the corruption in China, I guess you may already know that 5-15% admin fee of the donated funds will be taken by Canada Red Cross at the first place before they transfer the left to China.

Also, would you mind citing the source of “…the number one donor of aid for earthquake victims is Taiwan. More than the Chinese government’s own direct aid for victims.” Today exchange rate is 4.39508 Taiwan New Dollars = 1 China Yuan Renminbi. Please do the math before you jump into conclusion. Thank you!

If you truly feel Canada is not doing enough, write to your MP, politely but firmly. Write once, twice, persistently until a response is given. Besides, Canada is a democracy, it changes by changing the hearts of the people. Go out there, convince Canadians that we must aid China more, organize fundraisers, etc. This is much more difficult than getting angry, and much more worthwhile.

If you’re defending Canada, I dearly ask you all to realize this disaster has struck home for many of us… and it becomes difficult to keep our emotions under control. Please understand our sadness…

Thanks so much for caring though, to everyone here

to someone:
I’m sure we all do sympathize with them. But the fact is the money accomplish nothing… If i was in the shoe of a person trapped under the building, how is $1,000,000 going to help me in anyway?

about ur comment directed at rick. The money is not saving people already trapped. In the best case scenario it will be used to rebuild Sichuan. Since the money will be (at best) used to rebuild Sichuan, I don’t see how it can not be compared to giving money to rich man to rebuild his 1 burnt down house.

to sanson:
Give me one example where u cannot talk about politics without religion.

Nobody’s stopping all you morons from sending your own money to China.

I bet all the pissing moaners here have sent a grand total of ZERO!

Perhaps the “People’s Republic” of China could save some money by scrapping the 1000+ missiles aimed at democratic Taiwan, and spend less money occupying Tibet and destroying Tibetan culture.

Interestingly, the number one donor of aid for earthquake victims is Taiwan. More than the Chinese government’s own direct aid for victims.

Anyone with experience in China should know that most of that aid will go to the corrupt officials who built the rubbish school buildings that fell so easily, killing thousands of children, and to the Chinese military.

But it’s a nice gesture.

You Communists here should all be relieved that aid missions have been kept from many Tibetan-populated areas, which remain under military lockdown.

“The Kardze prefectural government also issued an emergency announcement to “conscientiously carry out the present task of keeping stability”. The authorities in Rongtrak (or Tenpa, Chinese: Danba) County in Kardze issued a six-point announcement, including the requirement for security personnel and police manning check-points out of the prefecture “to stick to their posts, and not to slacken any aspect of the tasks. They should strictly guard against the separatist forces taking advantage of the situation to cause sabotage, strictly prevent people from spreading rumors and stirring up trouble. If any such incident happens, one must adopt the toughest means to deal with the issue quickly.”

And so normal Chinese life goes on.

On a positive note, imprisoned monks at Kirti have had their prayer ban lifted for one day, to allow them to pray for earthquake victims, after the text of their proposed prayers was okayed by the regional authorities. Since they have been warned not to slip in “evil” prayers for Tibet, perhaps we could arrange a national day of prayer in Canada?

For the time being, shelters, tents, blankets, medicine and medical instruments are urgently needed in the disaster areas. It is very important that Canada Red Cross transfer some relief funds or dispatch relief materials to China in a timely and efficient manner.

@ Rick:
How can you compare “People” to a rich man with “Houses”? Let me differentiate the two:
Houses: A thing, that is not alive, is replaceable, does not have feelings.
People: A living, feeling, human being, that CANNOT be replaced, who are those of YOUR OWN SPECIES.
Personally, I couldn’t care less what ethnicity you are, you can come from the South Pole for all I care. It doesn’t matter, because we’re all human. Last time I checked, it was a HUMANE thing to help out people in need, whether YOU THINK they need it or not.
One other thing about your comment. Basically what you think is that China doesn’t need help, because it’s a wealthy country. Burma does, because it’s a poor country. So, the Canadian government should give aid to Burma, not China. I don’t agree with this. Why do people always like putting two disastrous events on scales and comparing them, as if it’s some kind of contest? It makes it seem like it’s better to be more disastrous. Isn’t it the oppposite? Isn’t that why we should help BOTH of them in their losses? I mean, this isn’t some kind of random thing your putting on line, it’s people’s lives. People like you, or your friend, or someone you know.
Well, if you’ve read this far, thanks, and congrats xD
Just to say, allanallan, I strongly agree with you

From what u guys are saying, you confirmed that China is doing well financially and the donation of fund accomplished nothing. (I know it show initiative but seriously… they don’t it… when the only thing you can say about a donation is that it shows initiative, it means nothing has been accomplished with the money). This donation merely serves as a symbolic gesture with nothing accomplished.

Just throwing this out there. But, you guys say Canada haven’t done enough. Just how much is enough? Ask any racial group and i will guarantee you that the racial group feel the Canadian government has not done enough for them and their country. Just where do we draw the line? How can you really tell when we have done enough? Isn’t it more of a subjective topic?

allanallan:
I feel that your analogy is not applicable. When your neighbours’ house burns down they really do need the help. In this case, China did not need help financially

P.S: You guys please don’t mix religion with politic. If you guys feel like debating about politics I’ll be happy to join you. Just don’t mix the two.