Trapped Chinese tourists safely evacuated from quake-hit area in New Zealand

[SBUS-CXK]

鸭霸？强国人？ 有股呆湾的赶脚

呆湾巴子， 你能对他们说什么呢。

I don't think australia or uk do not have the money to rent chartered helicopters.
It is really a competence issue.

Perhaps because the British government in the cabinet discussion...

 

[AndrewJin]

呆湾巴子， 你能对他们说什么呢。


Perhaps because the British government in the cabinet discussion...

Quite likely...
They have to discuss with all the populist MPs first, wait...before the debate, they need to first use half an hour to blame the other.....

 

[SBUS-CXK]

Quite likely...
They have to discuss with all the populist MPs first, wait...before the debate, they need to first use half an hour to blame the other.....

哈哈哈哈哈哈。。。Well done！

 

[AndrewJin]

哈哈哈哈哈哈。。。Well done！

It is true.
Just check their so-called debate, 100% nonsense, not a single one useful and constructive suggestion....
No wonder anti-establshment trend is so strong now.

 

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This English couple has been evacuated finally.
Hope they are fine now and their government could offer them basic necessity.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11748088

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Trip of a lifetime turns to misery for British family

An English couple were brought to tears describing their nightmare New Zealand holiday.

Scott and Selene Papworth saved up, working seven days a week for the past 12 months to come on a trip of a lifetime with their children Faith, 5, and Ronnie, 4.

Scott's father and brothers, whom he had never met, live in Christchurch and he was determined to visit them.

The trip started off well; they got to Christchurch, met the family, then holidayed in Hanmer Springs before driving up to Kaikoura.

But then it turned pear-shaped.

The quake struck just after midnight on Monday.

"The house was going sideways," Selene Papworth said. "I was getting shoved 4m either way. It was horrendous. I was getting rag-dolled and I thought 'just get out'."

Scott said most of the house they rented was made of glass, which "was going in and out".

They all ran outside. Scott said he was so frightened he didn't even notice his bare feet getting cut by running on the gravel driveway.

The four of them then sat on the grass outside in the freezing cold, too scared to sleep as they'd been warned of a tsunami.

When the Herald met them, they were all standing holding hands watching all the helicopters fly in and out.

They were furious as they continuously watched a large group of a Chinese tourists getting choppered out of the small coastal town - thanks to the Chinese Government - while calls to the British Embassy were falling flat.

Voice breaking, eyes welling, Scott explained how they were not only trying to flee Kaikoura but New Zealand as the quake had ruined their holiday, scaring not only them but their children.

Topping it all off, they were told they had to leave two of their suitcases behind as it couldn't fit in the chopper.

"We have to leave the kids' stuff behind, just leave it to goodwill. We have literally worked seven days a week for nearly a year for this trip and it's all ruined. It's cost us everything, we've put the mortgage up just to get out of here."

The couple didn't have insurance.

Meanwhile, local businessman Anton Evans, of Hunting and Fishing, was working with crews from South Pacific Helicopters ferrying all the stranded tourists in and out of town all day.

"We've run out of puff, we've run out of fuel, we've run out of light," Evans told the distraught family. "You'll be on the first flight [today]."

He offered to host the family for the night as all of the choppers available had been commissioned by the Chinese.

However, as the day was coming to a close, Dan Stevenson, pilot and owner of South Pacific, arrived with a chopper big enough for them and all their luggage.

When Evans told them they would be flying to a Christchurch, the couple grabbed Evans for a massive family hug.

They were all ushered into the chopper as it refuelled, Ronnie turning quickly, looking back briefly as he walked with Evans to get on board.

Then it was just excited waves as they finally got to escape the shakes.

Wow sad story about the British couple. Their government abandoned them in a time of crisis. Kudos to Chinese government for helping the Chinese tourists

I don't think australia or uk do not have the money to rent chartered helicopters.
It is really a competence issue.
you can see the discipline and efficiency of Chinese consulate staff.
It happens not just in NZ, but during the Nepal earthquake and North Africa battlegrounds.

You nailed it. People complain about lack of efficiency of Canadian consulates recalling the case for evacuating Canadians out of Syria. They were very late in doing so but. Charged the people after for evacuating.

 

[AndrewJin]

Wow sad story about the British couple. Their government abandoned them in a time of crisis. Kudos to Chinese government for helping the Chinese tourists


You nailed it. People complain about lack of efficiency of Canadian consulates recalling the case for evacuating Canadians out of Syria. They were very late in doing so but. Charged the people after for evacuating.

So even their white sisters will not help?
I thought they were close.....

 

[TaiShang]

2 thumbs up: Chinese government applauded for timely evacuation of Chinese nationals from NZ
(People's Daily Online) 16:49, November 17, 2016

(Photo/Chengdu Business Herald)

Chinese social media is filled with laudatory comments over China’s rapid evacuation of 126 tourists following the magnitude-7.5 earthquake in Kaikoura, New Zealand. Many netizens have said they feel protected and proud of being Chinese.

The 126 tourists were evacuated by helicopter from Kaikoura to Christchurch, beginning Nov. 15. A total of 18 trips were made by five helicopters for the evacuation mission, which was organized by the Chinese consulate in Christchurch.

According to several online posts allegedly written by the evacuated tourists, the helicopters offered free rides to Chinese nationals only, and people were only let on after presenting a Chinese passport. Many netizens recounted similar evacuations carried out by Chinese embassies and consulates in other countries, when Chinese nationals were again among the first group to be brought out of danger.

One Internet user said he could empathize with the tourists, as he was evacuated on a flight chartered by the Chinese government in 2011 when Japan was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami.

Many Chinese netizens also sympathized with British couple Scott and Selene Papworth, who watched helplessly with their children as Chinese tourists exited the quake-struck town. They reported that several calls to the British embassy had been so far in vain.

"We have to leave the kids' stuff behind, just leave it to goodwill. We have literally worked seven days a week for nearly a year for this trip, and it's all ruined. It has cost us everything. We have put the mortgage up just to get out of here," Scott told the New Zealand Herald. The report added that the family eventually left Kaikoura via a helicopter provided by a private company.

Some 1,000 tourists remain stranded in Kaikoura, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Nov. 16.

 

[AndrewJin]

2 thumbs up: Chinese government applauded for timely evacuation of Chinese nationals from NZ
(People's Daily Online) 16:49, November 17, 2016

(Photo/Chengdu Business Herald)

Chinese social media is filled with laudatory comments over China’s rapid evacuation of 126 tourists following the magnitude-7.5 earthquake in Kaikoura, New Zealand. Many netizens have said they feel protected and proud of being Chinese.

The 126 tourists were evacuated by helicopter from Kaikoura to Christchurch, beginning Nov. 15. A total of 18 trips were made by five helicopters for the evacuation mission, which was organized by the Chinese consulate in Christchurch.

According to several online posts allegedly written by the evacuated tourists, the helicopters offered free rides to Chinese nationals only, and people were only let on after presenting a Chinese passport. Many netizens recounted similar evacuations carried out by Chinese embassies and consulates in other countries, when Chinese nationals were again among the first group to be brought out of danger.

One Internet user said he could empathize with the tourists, as he was evacuated on a flight chartered by the Chinese government in 2011 when Japan was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami.

Many Chinese netizens also sympathized with British couple Scott and Selene Papworth, who watched helplessly with their children as Chinese tourists exited the quake-struck town. They reported that several calls to the British embassy had been so far in vain.

"We have to leave the kids' stuff behind, just leave it to goodwill. We have literally worked seven days a week for nearly a year for this trip, and it's all ruined. It has cost us everything. We have put the mortgage up just to get out of here," Scott told the New Zealand Herald. The report added that the family eventually left Kaikoura via a helicopter provided by a private company.

Some 1,000 tourists remain stranded in Kaikoura, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Nov. 16.

强国人的鸭霸行为

We are a big country with many tourists abroad who need timely assistance in disasters.....
@long_

Over one hundred Chinese tourists who were stranded in the earthquake-hit New Zealand town of Kaikoura were relocated safely to Christchurch by chartered helicopters on Tuesday.

The Chinese Consulate-General in Christchurch chartered five helicopters on Monday and began airlifting stranded Chinese tourists out of the quake-hit region.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the helicopters had relocated 125 Chinese tourists in 19 flights.

The tourists said that they were impressed by the consulate’s immediate response in assisting Chinese nationals in the face of such a large disaster.

"They have an abundance of food and necessities, [Chinese] people stranded in Kaikoura did not suffer food shortages. I am so grateful to them. Without their help, I would probably be waiting in lines to book a flight along with many other tourists,” said a tourist from Taiwan.

"We realized that our motherland is always backing us; therefore we feel very assured and proud wherever we go,” said a tourist from Beijing.

"I was traveling with an American friend. He was unable to contact the U.S. Embassy here. He said he was impressed by the Chinese consulate because he has never heard of any consulate offering their nationals such help, he was surprised,” said a tourist from Hong Kong.

The tourists, mostly backpackers, were informed about the consulate’s evacuation operation through various sources. Some arrived at the site just minutes before the last helicopter took off.

"We are trying to get in touch with them via many ways. For example disseminating evacuation messages through the local Chinese community in Kaikoura, or through some local friends. We contacted another 10 Chinese tourists through these local channels," said Li Xin, the deputy consul-general of Chinese Consulate-General in Christchurch.

According to local reports around 1,200 foreign tourists were stranded in the coastal tourist town of Kaikoura after it was struck by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Monday morning.

 

[TaiShang]

"They have an abundance of food and necessities, Chinese people stranded in Kaikoura did not suffer food shortages. I am so grateful to them. Without their help, I would probably be waiting in lines to book a flight along with many other tourists,” said a tourist from Taiwan.

"We realized that our motherland is always backing us; therefore we feel very assured and proud wherever we go,” said a tourist from Beijing.

That's why ONE CHINA is the only way forward.

@Chinese-Dragon

 

[AndrewJin]

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