C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by kirkisweird @ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:22:06 +0800

kirkisweird — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:22:06 +0800

USA is a superpower as well and a fully developed one at that and yet when they had their natural disasters recently, much donation came from overseas.

So I really do not understand why can't China accept donations from other countries. Besides Sichuan is a large province and from what the figure appears to be, many people perished in the earthquake.

Furthermore it does not neccessarily mean that if one happens to be a large country, it would not, therefore, need help whatsoever. China may be big, but they have a HUGE population.

Last but not least, donations from other countries could just be a form of political courtesy. Remember, its all about politics, and maybe a little compassion added into the mix.

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by gutripper @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:33:50 +0800

gutripper — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:33:50 +0800

Isn't China a superpower, always willing to compete with USA? Don't they have enough funds to save their own kind? Channel their budget from defense to this relief fund won't hurt too much right. Myanmar i understand that they need a lot of help...but China?

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by BadzMaro @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:32:48 +0800

BadzMaro — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:32:48 +0800

Moral of the story ?

Never donate cash. unless u have control of where it goes directly to the administration involved

Just send canned foods. lol. Or ur spare clothes.

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by dragg @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:22:13 +0800

dragg — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:22:13 +0800

such things happen whenever there is a disaster.

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by domonkassyu @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:58:35 +0800

domonkassyu — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:58:35 +0800

Originally posted by Arapahoe:

the last time someone mention bad karma kana band from travelling to china.

sounds familiar..some stone person right?

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by domonkassyu @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:57:34 +0800

domonkassyu — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:57:34 +0800

Originally posted by ayucrazy:

china + vast amounts of donated money = corruption

lol..such ignorant racsist remark..

any1 + vast amounts of money= corruption is more like it.

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by Daisuke-kun @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:00:59 +0800

Daisuke-kun — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:00:59 +0800

just for runners?

plain dumb

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by Arapahoe @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:58:58 +0800

Arapahoe — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:58:58 +0800

Originally posted by the Bear:

somehow, the cynical side of me says this was expected...

bad karma...

the last time someone mention bad karma kana band from travelling to china.

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by Evangel @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:55:36 +0800

Evangel — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:55:36 +0800

Originally posted by w.eikaas:

Improvement. They are revealing corruption!

Agree!

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by ayucrazy @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:35:52 +0800

ayucrazy — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:35:52 +0800

china + vast amounts of donated money = corruption

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by purpledragon84 @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:25:43 +0800

purpledragon84 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:25:43 +0800

i hope one act of god magically only kills those corrupted beasts who are no different from robbers.. robbers of life..

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by Emperor of Mankind @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:17:42 +0800

Emperor of Mankind — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:17:42 +0800

Originally posted by the Bear:

somehow, the cynical side of me says this was expected...

bad karma...

we'll see how you fare on your deathbed.

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by w.eikaas @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:12:37 +0800

w.eikaas — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:12:37 +0800

Improvement. They are revealing corruption!

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by a-Lost-9uY @ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:01:17 +0800

a-Lost-9uY — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:01:17 +0800

asspected

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by the Bear @ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:58:28 +0800

the Bear — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:58:28 +0800

somehow, the cynical side of me says this was expected...

bad karma...

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by monoslayer @ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:54:51 +0800

monoslayer — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:54:51 +0800

expected.

C where donation for china quake funds end up... replied by noahnoah @ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:40:29 +0800

noahnoah — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:40:29 +0800

BEIJING (AFP) - - Staff at a bank in China's quake zone used relief funds to buy themselves US brand runners, the country's audit office said Friday after probing for instances of aid money going astray.

A branch of ICBC, the biggest bank in China, in quake-hit Mianyang city bought 56 pairs of Nike runners for its workers, the audit office said in a statement posted on its website

The branch used 28,500 yuan (4,100 dollars) to buy the shoes at the end of May, and faked the receipts to say it had bought raincoats, rubber boots and umbrellas, the report said.

"After the audit investigation revealed this problem, the bank returned the 'special earthquake funds' that were inappropriately used," the report said.

Another investigation by the audit office revealed that in some areas, text messages about the quake were sent en masse, and were suspected of cheating mobile phone users into donating money into bank accounts, the report said.

"According to our investigation, there are some people who already put earthquake donations into the fundraising accounts," the report said.

Those accounts had been frozen, according to the audit office, which did not reveal how much money was involved.

Misappropriation of funds allocated to help in the wake of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake -- which has killed nearly 70,000 and left another 17,500 missing -- is of huge concern in a country where graft is endemic.

Corruption is rampant both in government ranks and throughout society, as the country ploughs through its development boom without a free press or an independent judiciary.

President Hu Jintao has repeatedly warned that corruption is one of the biggest threats to the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party.

More than six billion dollars in aid from home and abroad has been donated for quake relief and the government has insisted it is doing all it can to ensure the money is spent in the correct manner.

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