The Red Cross of China is going all out in its rescue efforts, in the wake of two extremely powerful explosions at a storage facility in the port city of Tianjin on China’s eastern coast on Aug. 11.
“Just four hours after the explosion” tents, first aid kids, food and water were being delivered to victims, according to an account on the website of the International Federation of the Red Cross, of which China’s Red Cross is a member. The eager work of Red Cross workers to deliver help has been a focus of Chinese news reports for the last two days.
You donate tens of billions overseas; you put on the Olympics; how is it that when it comes to your own people you look to the masses to donate money themselves?
