China canceled $30 billion in debts by 35 African countries

[CommonCause]

I respect China in this department. We haven't helped them in the same way because we want them depending on us. I think that's an absolutely valid thing to do. However, I'm a realist, I know what the West has done in Africa. I've studied imperialism, Colonialism, and Neo-Colonialism, which still goes on today in many Latin American countries and Africa.

I don't know how this relationship will turn out in the end. I hope it benefits both partners.

 

[Martian2]

For commie fans, CCP is equal to China.

This isn't exactly breaking news. However, most people do not realize the unanimous Han support for the current CCP government of Hu Jintao and Grandpa Wen.

93% Chinese Support Hu Jintao: Global Leadership Poll

"93% Chinese Support Hu Jintao: Global Leadership Poll

June 23, 2008
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Global Leadership Poll

Chinese President Hu Jintao got a 93 percent confidence ranking in the middle kingdom -- which proved that "when you're on the rise, there's an upbeat feeling that leads to a sunnier disposition" -- The Chinese feel that life is working for them!"

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Hu-Wen administration abolished the thousand-year-old agricultural tax

The team of President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao has deftly steered China through the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-2010 with booming 9% annual economic growth for China. This is their most important responsibility and their performance has exceeded the expectations of most Western analysts.

I don't think anybody can solve all of continental China's social injustice problems by 2013. However, Hu and Wen have shown that they'll do everything possible to ensure that most Chinese have jobs and enjoy a rising standard of living. Social problems take decades to solve. I believe that most people would agree that China's social problems have diminished greatly during the last 30 years of reforms and that life continues to improve.

I trust Premier Wen to do the best that he can in the next few years to rectify "social inequality and injustice."

Here are two examples of China's improving society under the Hu and Wen administration.

Wen Jiabao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Hu-Wen administration abolished the thousand year old agricultural tax ... by President Hu Jintao outlining China's direction in the next five years. ..."

http://www.pekingduck.org/2005/03/congratu...ou-get-married/

"March 30, 2005
Congratulations, Chinese college students: We’ll let you get married!

I think it’s only when Americans read stories like this that they get a glimpse of just how different the Chinese psyche is from their own.

China said it would lift from September a 50-year ban on college students marrying or bearing children but warned the relaxed regulations should not change academic priorities.

Students of legal marriage age — 22 for males and 20 for females — will no longer need to seek approval from university officials to tie the knot, the Ministry of Education said on its website.

For decades students contemplating marriage or who become pregnant have faced the dilemma of whether to give up studying or delay their wedding, or stay in school and have an abortion.

The regulation came under particularly strong criticism from graduate students, many of whom, under the threat of expulsion, were forced to hold off on reciting marriage vows or starting families.

The new rule follows a law enacted in 2003 that abolished the need for engaged couples to request from employers or superiors a certificate of approval to wed.

Until recent years, Chinese remained beholden to the state for the most basic needs such as provisions for housing, a child’s education or the right to get hitched.

Just a couple of weeks ago I read that the CCP has also made some changes in divorce procedures: You no longer have to get your employer’s permission before receiving an official divorce.

Now, to the Western mind this is almost incomprehensible. Ask your boss for permission to get a divorce? Be thrown out of college for getting married? It’s hard for us to grasp that this could actually have been acceptable for generations and even into the 21st century, and that the Chinese simply accepted it. A whole different outlook as to how society operates and the role of the individual.

Meanwhile, it’s good to see they are breaking free of at least some of those restrictions that serve no purpose except to limit personal freedom. God knows, it’s about time."

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97 percent of Chinese think the direction China has taken is correct

Did I say 93% approval rating for the Hu-Wen administration? I meant to say: "About 97 percent of Chinese think the direction China has taken is correct...."

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03...ent_9599782.htm

"Survey: China moving ahead
By Yu Tianyu (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-03-17 06:50

BEIJING: Most Chinese as well as expatriates believe the country is rising and is progressing in the right direction, a survey has found.

The poll on China's image and status, conducted by the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) and Horizon Research Consultancy Group interviewed 1,754 Chinese aged 18-65 and 313 adult foreigners in seven cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

According to the survey, nearly two in three Chinese believe the country is on an upward spiral, while a little more than half of expats think so. About 97 percent of Chinese think the direction China has taken is correct, compared to 81.8 percent for expats.

In addition, nearly all Chinese are confident about the country's future, compared to nine in 10 for expats.

Victor Yuan, chairman of Horizon Group, said the results suggest the nation's achievements in the past decades and its rise - both economically and politically - have helped improve its image among expats and the Chinese.

Yu Lin, a 38-year-old Beijing taxi driver, said: "Many big events, such as the Beijing Olympic Games, have bolstered pride and confidence in our country."

Luee Sun, a purchase executive for departments stores, called China's rise "a great story" which has helped shift the center of gravity of many industries to China.

But Lu Mai, secretary general of CDRF, said some Chinese people are too optimistic, as the survey found that 22.1 percent of the Chinese think the country has risen. "Don't forget that more than 100 million people in China are still living below the poverty line," Lu said.

The survey showed that the most urgent task is to ensure social wealth is distributed more fairly, with 42.3 percent of the Chinese and 30.7 percent of expats of that view.

About 825,000 have more than 10 million yuan ($1.47 million) of wealth each; among them, 51,000 are worth more than 100 million yuan each, according to the Hurun report on China's wealthy.

The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 17,175 yuan in 2009, and the net per capita income of rural residents was 5,153 yuan, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

The survey also found that the most severe social problems faced by China are employment, medical reform and housing prices.

On the international front, most of the respondents - both Chinese and expats - ranked the United States as the No 1 threat to China's development now and in the next decade, followed by Japan, Russia and the European Union.

But the US is also ranked first as the country most important both economically and politically to China now and in the next 10 years."

 

[ephone]

bullshit. egypt, phillipines, qatar, UAE, bahrain

but it can buy silence.

None of those are our friends. I do not know what you bullshit for.

 

[Martian2]

Chinese 'Trip of Light' in Sudan | ChinaDaily.com.cn

"Chinese 'Trip of Light' in Sudan
Updated: 2012-01-14 20:15
(Xinhua)

KHARTOUM - A team of Chinese ophthalmologists on Thursday conducted a number of eye surgeries for Sudanese patients in Khartoum as part of a medical cooperation between the two countries.

A Chinese doctor examines the eyes of a patient, during the "Trip of Light" project made by Chinese doctors as part of Sino-Sudanese bilateral relations, at an eye hospital in Khartoum January 14, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

The surgeries, conducted at the Eye Teaching Hospital in Khartoum, came "as part of the Sudan-China partnership to combat blindness in Sudan," Dr. Abdul-Baqui Abu Kasawi, medical director of the hospital, told Xinhua.

"The Chinese medical team will conduct around 250 surgeries (in one week). This is a beginning of a great cooperation between the two countries. We commend the spirit of cooperation shown by the members of the visiting Chinese medical delegation," he added.

Head of the Chinese medical team, Mai Yan, said that "we conducted around 35 surgeries yesterday (Wednesday) and after re-examining the cases today it turned out that the surgeries were very successful."

"We have found patients in great need for theses surgeries, where most of them are infected with cataract, which needs urgent medical intervention," she told Xinhua.

Mohamed Abdul-Rahman Adam, a Sudanese patient who has undergone an eye surgery, expressed appreciation for the efforts of the Chinese medical team. "I have undergone a very successful surgery under the care of the Chinese medical team. This is an appreciated work that serves the horizons of cooperation between Sudan and China," Adam said.

China has sent 29 medical missions consisting of 768 members to Sudan since 1971.

Patients wait for their eye check ups by Chinese doctors during the "Trip of Light" project made by the doctors as part of Sino-Sudanese bilateral relations, at an eye hospital in Khartoum January 14, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

A Chinese doctor cleans a patient's eye, during the "Trip of Light" project made by Chinese doctors as part of Sino-Sudanese bilateral relations, at an eye hospital in Khartoum January 14, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

A Chinese doctor guides an eye patient during the "Trip of Light" project made by Chinese doctors as part of Sino-Sudanese bilateral relations, at an eye hospital in Khartoum January 14, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

A Chinese doctor examines a patient's eye, during the "Trip of Light" project made by Chinese doctors as part of Sino-Sudanese bilateral relations, at an eye hospital in Khartoum January 14, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]"

 

[Martian2]

Taiwan to donate 4,000 tons of rice to Kenya - CNA ENGLISH NEWS

"Taiwan to donate 4,000 tons of rice to Kenya
by Nancy Liu
2012/01/17 13:37:27

Taipei, Jan. 17 (CNA) About 4,000 metric tons of rice will be sent to Kenya to help victims in the famine-hit country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday.

About 200,000 people in affected areas will benefit from the donation, said Wu Rong-chuan, vice chairman of MOFA's NGO Affairs Committee.

The rice will be delivered as soon as the inspection and packaging processes have been completed, he said.

The goodwill gesture highlights Taiwan's active role in the distribution of humanitarian aid, the vice chairman said, adding that the government reserves about 8,700 metric tons of rice each year for charitable donations.

Besides donating rice, local charity groups, such as the Red Cross Society of the Republic of China, routinely provide financial assistance to East African countries that are being devastated by drought, he said.

Taiwan continues to work with the international community in lending a helping hand to less developed countries in the fields of public health and agriculture, he noted.

Next month, four NGO workers funded by the government will travel to Cambodia to meet up with officials from the U.S.-based Mercy Corps to discuss an eight-month long agricultural and medical project in the Middle East, he said."

 

[Martian2]

Let's hope our African brothers obtain a seat on the United Nations Security Council Permanent Five in the near future.

 

[Sasquatch]

African Union embraces generous Chinese financing

Weakened by chronic infighting and the demise of its long-time financier Moammar Gadhafi, the African Union is turning instead to the embrace of its richest new ally: China.

Col. Gadhafi, the Libyan dictator who was overthrown and killed last year, had been the biggest donor to Africa’s political alliance for years. But at its latest summit this weekend, the AU made it clear that Beijing is its new Libya.

The 54-nation African organization is holding its summit in its gleaming new $200-million marble-and-glass headquarters, financed and built by the Chinese government on the site of a former maximum-security prison in Addis Ababa.

It’s the tallest building in the country, and all of it – even the furniture in its spectacular 2500-seat Grand Hall – was supplied by China as a gift to the world’s poorest continent.

The honoured guest and keynote speaker at the African summit is a senior Chinese official, Jia Qinglin, who announced on Sunday that China will provide $95-million in funds to the AU over the next three years – a huge boost to an organization whose annual budget is about $270-million.

“The people of China and Africa are good friends, good partners and good brothers,” Mr. Jia told the summit. “Our friendship is as solid as the towering Mount Kilimanjaro and as vibrant as the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.”

During the Gadhafi years, many African nations came to depend heavily on gifts and investments from Libya’s oil wealth. Libya provided 15 per cent of the AU’s membership revenue, and it paid the entire dues of many smaller and poorer African nations. It also spent billions of dollars on infrastructure programs and other investments across Africa to help cultivate support for Col. Gadhafi’s vision of a United States of Africa.

Now, however, that vision is dead, and Africa is turning instead to China. At the summit, African leaders were quick to praise China as a model for their continent.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, speaking at the unveiling of the Chinese-built headquarters, said the recent rapid growth of many African nations was a result of their adoption of Chinese-style economic policies.

“China – its amazing re-emergence and its commitments for a win-win partnership with Africa – is one of the reasons for the beginning of the African renaissance,” Mr. Meles said.

Signs of the Chinese largesse, including the construction of roads, hospitals and soccer stadiums, are increasingly visible across Africa. China’s trade with Africa has soared by 13-fold in the past decade, reaching $150-billion last year, surpassing any other country’s trade with Africa.

China’s investment in Africa has similarly skyrocketed from $490-million to nearly $15-billion over the past eight years. And China is even contributing $4.5 million to an AU peacekeeping force in Somalia.

Perhaps most important, China attaches no strings to its aid to Africa, making no burdensome Western-style demands for democracy or anti-corruption campaigns. Its aid, however, helps Beijing win access to the African oil and minerals that are increasingly vital for fuelling China’s economic growth.

The Chinese money and resources will be crucial to the AU as it struggles to overcome a year of political turmoil and failed diplomacy during the civil wars in Libya and Ivory Coast. The AU has been sharply criticized for failing to present a united front against the Western military action in Libya and for exposing its own divisions during a futile effort to negotiate a solution to the Ivory Coast conflict.

The rising discontent is expressing itself in a fierce battle for the top job at the AU Commission. The current chairman, Jean Ping of Gabon, faces a strong challenge from South Africa’s candidate, former foreign minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the ex-wife of president Jacob Zuma, in a vote scheduled for Monday.

The challenge is a result of South Africa’s unhappiness with the AU’s weakness and ineffectiveness, reports say.

Meanwhile, the AU is being urged to abandon its hostility to gay rights. The United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, told the AU in an address on Sunday that the widespread discrimination against gays has been “ignored or even sanctioned by many states for too long.” He added that gays are treated “second-class citizens or even criminals.” Homosexuality is illegal in most African countries, and some governments – including Uganda – are toughening their laws and even threatening the death penalty for some homosexual acts.

 

[Sasquatch]

Martin Thanks for this thread we should turn this into a sticky for Africa-China Relations, Trade, and News.

 

[A1Kaid]

The Africans countries wouldn't even have been able to pay off the debt either way. So canceling the debt was a pragmatic move, because there was no way China was going to get it money back.

 

[ephone]

Then why the hell loaned them so much money???

For $30 billion, at 10% profit level, China need manufacture and sell $300 billion goods to generate such money. Considering the profit margin for Chinese companies is much lower, at 5% profit level, China need manufacture and sell $600 billion goods to generate such money.

Then what the loaned money was used for??? What were the collateral that should be used to pay back the loans if they could not pay back???

To access to the local resources??? Well, do other countries who have access to local resources also did that (loaned money at first, cancelled loans later) as well???

Do we seriously know what those $30 billions were actually used for the local people or indeed into the pockets of several corrupted few???

While in China, we still lack a great deal in educational investment, that $30 billion will greatly benefit our own nation's poor kids, poor teachers and etc.

I do not mind helping those africans, e.g. sending over medical teams, agriculture experts and etc there helping them. However, they need work hard themselves to get out of their poverty, not just using our money and do not pay back!

The Africans countries wouldn't even have been able to pay off the debt either way. So canceling the debt was a pragmatic move, because there was no way China was going to get it money back.

 

[Martian2]

Then why the hell loaned them so much money???

For $30 billion, at 10% profit level, China need manufacture and sell $300 billion goods to generate such money. Considering the profit margin for Chinese companies is much lower, at 5% profit level, China need manufacture and sell $600 billion goods to generate such money.

Then what the loaned money was used for??? What were the collateral that should be used to pay back the loans if they could not pay back???

To access to the local resources??? Well, do other countries who have access to local resources also did that (loaned money at first, cancelled loans later) as well???

Do we seriously know what those $30 billions were actually used for the local people or indeed into the pockets of several corrupted few???

While in China, we still lack a great deal in educational investment, that $30 billion will greatly benefit our own nation's poor kids, poor teachers and etc.

I do not mind helping those africans, e.g. sending over medical teams, agriculture experts and etc there helping them. However, they need work hard themselves to get out of their poverty, not just using our money and do not pay back!

There is nothing wrong in helping out your fellow brothers when they are less fortunate. It is God's work. Many Chinese believe in it. We are a generous people.

Are you also going to jump up and down over China's $250 million aid to Pakistan during the floods?



China's aid to flooded Pakistan enhances bilateral friendship

"China's aid to flooded Pakistan enhances bilateral friendship
English.news.cn 2010-12-16 17:32:51
by Tian Baojian

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- China has pledged a total of 250 million U.S. dollars in flood aid to Pakistan and sent rescue and medical teams to the worst-hit areas, and it will continue to support Pakistan's post-disaster reconstruction.

The worst floods in Pakistan's history hit one-fourth of the country in July and August, leading to huge losses in property and life.

China's aid has been highly praised, adding a new annotation to the deep traditional friendship between the two countries.

China was one of the first countries offering aid to Pakistan in the immediate aftermath of the historic floods in late July. The first batch of aid from the Chinese government, authorized on Aug. 1, was handed over to Pakistan on Aug. 4.

Social organizations, enterprises, individuals from China and the Chinese people in Pakistan have been giving a helping hand to the Pakistani people by making donations in cash or in kind.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced an additional assistance of 200 million U.S. dollars to flooded Pakistan at a UN summit in New York on Sept. 22, bring its total commitment to 250 million dollars, its largest-ever humanitarian aid to a foreign country.

According to the report "Damage and Need Assessment," jointly prepared by the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the floods that swept across Pakistan caused an estimated 9.7 billion dollars in damage to infrastructure, farms and homes, as well as other direct and indirect losses.

During the critical time, China, in accordance with the Pakistan's needs, provided unconditional aid to the country to help its flood rescue, relief and reconstruction efforts.

China sent two international search and rescue teams to the worst-hit Thatta district in southern Sindh province, and the Chinese army sent a 68-member medical team to Sehwan of Sindh and a 64-member rescue team with four helicopters to Hyderabad.

The Chinese embassy in Islamabad said it was the biggest deployment of Chinese rescue and medical teams in history and the first time Chinese military helicopters carried out an overseas humanitarian rescue and relief mission.

It is also the first time China had sent a large amount of aid to the neighbor via a land route, with 101 Chinese trucks reaching Sust Dry Port via Khunjerab Pass on Sept. 1, loaded with daily necessities including flour and oil for the stranded people in Hunza area, north Pakistan.

During their stay in Pakistan, the Chinese teams braved abominable working and living conditions. They demonstrated love, compassion, professionalism and responsibility, treating hundreds of patients everyday.

"Pakistan suffered devastating floods this year. The Chinese people sympathized with the Pakistani people and provided substantial aid as soon as it could to help in disaster relief efforts and reconstruction," Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue said Monday during a press briefing ahead of Premier Wen Jiabao's official visit to Pakistan from Dec. 17 to 19.

The helping hand from China was highly acclaimed by the Pakistani government and military as well as local residents. A string of senior figures, including Tariq Majid, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, visited Chinese aid workers and lauded their selfless and efficient efforts.

The team's timely help "reflects the strong friendship between Pakistan and China," Majid said during a visit to a mobile hospital. "At difficult times, the two countries always stand together."

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said several times that Pakistan appreciated China's aid to the flood-affected people this summer, adding China had always been concerned and focused on helping Pakistan through difficult times in a constructive manner. He hoped China would help rebuild infrastructure in the flood-ravaged areas.

On the other hand, when one hydropower station project sponsored by a Chinese company was hit by floodwaters in late July and over 200 Chinese workers were stranded on a mountain in northwest Pakistan, the Pakistani government, army, police and local residents did their best to help rescue them.

Liu Jian, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, said the rescue operation reflected the brotherly friendship between Pakistani and Chinese people.

At present, the first phase of emergency aid is coming to an end in Pakistan and reconstruction is being gradually launched. According to reports, it will take two to three years for Pakistan to recover from the floods.

A Chinese delegation comprising officials from various government departments visited the flood-ravaged areas in northwest Pakistan in early November, and provided assurances the country would support rehabilitation of the flood-affected people.

China would continue to support Pakistan's post-disaster reconstruction, especially in agriculture and transport infrastructure, officials in Beijing said Monday.

China and Pakistan are neighbors with a traditional friendship. The two help each other in times of difficulty. Pakistan immediately provided aid when an earthquake struck Yushu County in northwest China's Qinghai Province in April.

China has also been giving assistance to Pakistan for a long time. After a disastrous earthquake hit Pakistan in 2005, China offered huge aid to its neighbor. Now some Chinese companies are helping build shopping malls, libraries and hydropower stations in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, which suffered seriously in the disaster.

Analysts say the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries will be expanded during the reconstruction and Pakistan will get tangible benefits from it.

Editor: Mo Hong'e"

 

[Sasquatch]

Sudan: Army Frees Some Abducted Chinese Workers

The Sudanese army has freed 14 Chinese road construction workers, part of a group reportedly abducted by militants in a remote region in the country's south, officials said Monday.

The Chinese workers were "liberated" by Sudanese troops and evacuated to the town of El Obeid, Omdurman Radio quoted South Kordofan province's governor Ahmed Haroun on Monday as saying. He said that they were in good health.

The report, which was also carried on the state-run SUNA news agency, did not say when the rescue occurred. Haroun said the army and security forces are trying to free the remaining abducted workers.

It did not say how many workers remained captive, but the Chinese embassy in Khartoum has said that a total of 29 had been taken in the Saturday attack near Abbasiya town in South Kordofan province, some 390 miles (630 kilometers) south of Khartoum.

Sudanese officials have blamed the attack on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), a branch of a guerrilla movement which has fought various regimes in Khartoum for decades.

Many of the rebels hail from a minority ethnic group now in control of much of South Sudan, which became the world's newest country only six months ago in a breakaway from Sudan. The SPLM northern branch still operates in Sudan.

Sudan has accused South Sudan of arming pro-South Sudan groups in South Kordofan. The government of South Sudan has called such accusations a smoke screen intended to justify a future invasion of the South.

China has sent large numbers of workers to potentially unstable regions such as Sudan and last year was forced to send ships and planes to help with the emergency evacuation of 30,000 of its citizens from the fighting in Libya.

China has consistently used its clout in diplomatic forums such as the United Nations to defend Sudan and its longtime leader Omar al-Bashir. In recent years, it has also sought to build good relations with leaders from the south, where most of Sudan's oil is located.

Chinese companies have also invested heavily in Sudanese oil production.

 

[Sasquatch]

China pledges more aid for Africa even after workers go missing

a sign of its growing dependency on Africa for resources, China pledged to provide nearly $100 million in aid for the continent only a day after 29 of its overseas workers were kidnapped by Sudanese rebels.

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, met with leaders of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday in a pre-scheduled summit aimed at strengthening ties with a region increasingly vital to China’s energy needs.

The meeting took place as Chinese officials were also working to free the hostages abducted Saturday in the war-torn state of South Kordofan. The Chinese workers were reportedly building a road for Sinohydro Corp., the world’s largest builder of hydropower plants.

Fourteen of the workers were said to have been rescued Monday, though the whereabouts of the remaining Chinese are unknown, the Sudan News Agency reported.

Citing competition for oil and restrictions on buying it from more developed parts of the world, China has increasingly turned to Africa in the last decade to help fuel its booming economy at home.

"We have always regarded assistance and support between China and Africa as mutual and have never attached political strings to our assistance to Africa,” state-run media quoted Jia saying Sunday in Ethiopia.

In return, China has provided financial aid and manpower to build infrastructure in the largely underdeveloped continent. Beijing’s approach, dealing with pariah states such as Sudan, has drawn sharp international criticism.

China, the world’s second-largest consumer of oil, has often refused to go along with international community if resources are at stake. Beijing has shunned calls to boycott Iranian oil and remains one of that country’s last remaining customers.

China is now the top buyer of Sudanese oil and is also a major investor in Libya, where it prizes the country’s "light sweet," or low-sulfur, crude to make gasoline.

The foray into Africa has been dangerous. China had to evacuate 36,000 workers from Libya last year after at country's civil war led to the overthrow and eventual slaying of strongman Moammar Kadafi.

A report Monday in Canada’s Globe and Mail said the 54-nation African Union (which includes Sudan) would likely forge closer ties with China after the death of Kadafi, who had been a major source of financial support.

The $95 million China pledged in aid Sunday was more than a third of the group’s $270-million annual budget, the newspaper reported.

Even the union’s $200-million headquarters, furniture and all, was financed and built by China.

 

[misterme2]

I'm not expecting an ignorant indian to understand how dodgy Indians are conducting businesses. If i'm delusional my business wont able to survive. the indian businessmen I talked to had trading with in the past were more than the clueless china bashing propagandas you ate in your entire life.

so my past experience taught me, if i want to make my business grow healthy, progmatic and authentic, i'd stay away from Indians and to follow the real market not some bluffed. whether you believe it or not but it is my 'bible'

I guess you being so ignornant completely forgot how China illegally manufactures Indain Drugs that are subpar in quality and dangerous for consumption. Then they ship it to these African countries.....I guess your media forgot to mention that troll...Now go and _ _ _ _ off

 

[ephone]

Pakistan is close and the aid is for flood relieve. BTW, it is only 250 million, or 0.25 billion.

Do you really understand how big the $30 billion is???

Helping fellow brothers??? Do those africans really think us Chinese as fellow brothers???

There is nothing wrong in helping out your fellow brothers when they are less fortunate. It is God's work. Many Chinese believe in it. We are a generous people.

Are you also going to jump up and down over China's $250 million aid to Pakistan during the floods?



China's aid to flooded Pakistan enhances bilateral friendship

"China's aid to flooded Pakistan enhances bilateral friendship
English.news.cn 2010-12-16 17:32:51
by Tian Baojian

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- China has pledged a total of 250 million U.S. dollars in flood aid to Pakistan and sent rescue and medical teams to the worst-hit areas, and it will continue to support Pakistan's post-disaster reconstruction.

The worst floods in Pakistan's history hit one-fourth of the country in July and August, leading to huge losses in property and life.

China's aid has been highly praised, adding a new annotation to the deep traditional friendship between the two countries.

China was one of the first countries offering aid to Pakistan in the immediate aftermath of the historic floods in late July. The first batch of aid from the Chinese government, authorized on Aug. 1, was handed over to Pakistan on Aug. 4.

Social organizations, enterprises, individuals from China and the Chinese people in Pakistan have been giving a helping hand to the Pakistani people by making donations in cash or in kind.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced an additional assistance of 200 million U.S. dollars to flooded Pakistan at a UN summit in New York on Sept. 22, bring its total commitment to 250 million dollars, its largest-ever humanitarian aid to a foreign country.

According to the report "Damage and Need Assessment," jointly prepared by the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the floods that swept across Pakistan caused an estimated 9.7 billion dollars in damage to infrastructure, farms and homes, as well as other direct and indirect losses.

During the critical time, China, in accordance with the Pakistan's needs, provided unconditional aid to the country to help its flood rescue, relief and reconstruction efforts.

China sent two international search and rescue teams to the worst-hit Thatta district in southern Sindh province, and the Chinese army sent a 68-member medical team to Sehwan of Sindh and a 64-member rescue team with four helicopters to Hyderabad.

The Chinese embassy in Islamabad said it was the biggest deployment of Chinese rescue and medical teams in history and the first time Chinese military helicopters carried out an overseas humanitarian rescue and relief mission.

It is also the first time China had sent a large amount of aid to the neighbor via a land route, with 101 Chinese trucks reaching Sust Dry Port via Khunjerab Pass on Sept. 1, loaded with daily necessities including flour and oil for the stranded people in Hunza area, north Pakistan.

During their stay in Pakistan, the Chinese teams braved abominable working and living conditions. They demonstrated love, compassion, professionalism and responsibility, treating hundreds of patients everyday.

"Pakistan suffered devastating floods this year. The Chinese people sympathized with the Pakistani people and provided substantial aid as soon as it could to help in disaster relief efforts and reconstruction," Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue said Monday during a press briefing ahead of Premier Wen Jiabao's official visit to Pakistan from Dec. 17 to 19.

The helping hand from China was highly acclaimed by the Pakistani government and military as well as local residents. A string of senior figures, including Tariq Majid, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, visited Chinese aid workers and lauded their selfless and efficient efforts.

The team's timely help "reflects the strong friendship between Pakistan and China," Majid said during a visit to a mobile hospital. "At difficult times, the two countries always stand together."

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said several times that Pakistan appreciated China's aid to the flood-affected people this summer, adding China had always been concerned and focused on helping Pakistan through difficult times in a constructive manner. He hoped China would help rebuild infrastructure in the flood-ravaged areas.

On the other hand, when one hydropower station project sponsored by a Chinese company was hit by floodwaters in late July and over 200 Chinese workers were stranded on a mountain in northwest Pakistan, the Pakistani government, army, police and local residents did their best to help rescue them.

Liu Jian, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, said the rescue operation reflected the brotherly friendship between Pakistani and Chinese people.

At present, the first phase of emergency aid is coming to an end in Pakistan and reconstruction is being gradually launched. According to reports, it will take two to three years for Pakistan to recover from the floods.

A Chinese delegation comprising officials from various government departments visited the flood-ravaged areas in northwest Pakistan in early November, and provided assurances the country would support rehabilitation of the flood-affected people.

China would continue to support Pakistan's post-disaster reconstruction, especially in agriculture and transport infrastructure, officials in Beijing said Monday.

China and Pakistan are neighbors with a traditional friendship. The two help each other in times of difficulty. Pakistan immediately provided aid when an earthquake struck Yushu County in northwest China's Qinghai Province in April.

China has also been giving assistance to Pakistan for a long time. After a disastrous earthquake hit Pakistan in 2005, China offered huge aid to its neighbor. Now some Chinese companies are helping build shopping malls, libraries and hydropower stations in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, which suffered seriously in the disaster.

Analysts say the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries will be expanded during the reconstruction and Pakistan will get tangible benefits from it.

Editor: Mo Hong'e"