Best wishes to those affected by China quake in Sichuan

I was terrified by the news that massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan province, one of the highest population density area, on May 12, 2008. A major quake jolted Wenchuan County of Sichuan province at 2:28 pm on Monday, and most of China felt the shake, from Beijing, to Shanghai, to Guangzhou, thousands of miles away. The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened debris in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. All my sympathy and condolence to those affected by the massive quake, and I hope more survivors can be rescued on time.

I was amazed by the fast response from Chinese government to handle this natural disaster. Premier WenJiabao rushed to the endangered area immediately to oversee rescue efforts, to rescue as much as possible at fastest speed at any cost. The officials launched a massive government relief operation following the disaster. A lot of soldiers and armed police arrived in the quake-hit areas with more on the way by planes, trains, trucks or on foot. For tremor around the country, open communication makes people stay calm. The timely delivery of domestic and international donations to disaster areas can help the quake relief.

I was much disappointed by the media bias outside China. I saw "western" news and blogs talk about the quake and death, talk about the quality of buildings, and talk about the terrors around the people. However, not much news talk about how Chinese people rescue themselves, and how Chinese soldier rescue their people. In a world, why not talk about the positive sides when a massive disaster happened? Although I was disappointed by the politics corruption in the past, the ruling party was, is and will do all it could to protect its people. Premier went to the area with hundreds of aftershocks; soldiers walked 50 miles in 20 hours on foot to reach the disconnected area under heavy rain and aftershocks; the affect counties are well ordered to save people. Comparing to the disturbance happened in New Orleans and not much immediate help from government, should people around the world start to discover the virtue of Chinese nation?

At the moment, the number of casualties is still unknown. There are still disconnected counties unreachable, and rescuers were stranded outside Wenchuan as roads were blocked by boulders and rocks following the earthquake.The old Chinese saying said: to build the road in Sichuan province is much harder than to build the road to the heaven. With the heavy storms and destroyed road, the rescue work is difficult to move into those areas. I really hope the rescue can find more survivors and less impact to those affected area. I hope more funds and supplies will be provided around the world instead of criticism gesture for politics.

As Premier Wen Jiabao said through a bullhorm to survivors still buried under debris, "We will save the people. As long as the people are there, factories can be built into even better ones, and so can the towns and counties." People is the foundation of the country. The survivors, along with the giant panda, one of the famous symptom of nation, will stay and rebuild the tomorrow.