More Donations to Burma than China
by tdaxp ~ June 1st, 2008
While China has been displaying a level of unprecedented openness and concern for human rights, Burma is allowing her citizens to die of disease and neglect in the shadows. So why has Burma (which diverts aid to its military) been a bigger recipient of international aid than China? Historyguy has more:
HG’s WORLD: Update: A Tale of Two Countries
The contributions to date for Burma, $147,772,066 and China, $187,808,221 seem to be out of sync, with the amount pledged to Burma close to the amount pledged to China. Perhaps a reflection of the needs of a country further down the resource chain from China. The unsettling thing is the question of how much of that $147 million will go to line the pockets of the ruling junta members?
If you think about it for a bit, the answer won’t surprise you.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Thanks for the link.
What is really discomforting is that currently the US has sent $3 Million of our tax dollars to China and over $14 Million, plus pledged another $9.5 Million to Burma?? What gives? are we not so secretly seeing China as such a rival that anything that holds them back is fair game. Interesting that private donations $60M and Saudi Arabia $60M are the bulk of donations to China…
June 4th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
China is enabling a civil-society response to the Wenchuan earthquake, in which many individuals, companies, and charities are contributing with the same motives that they did after, say, Katrina.
In Burma, we are seeing a mix of actions closer of strategic influence and extortion.