With US absent, China steps in for earthquake-hit Myanmar

With US absent, China steps in for earthquake-hit Myanmar - West Hawaii Today

After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday, killing more than 2,800 people, international rescuers rushed into the devastated Southeast Asian country.

'She should be with her family': Employer gives maid plane ticket, $800 to return to Myanmar and search for missing mum

After receiving news that her mother had gone missing in the devastating Myanmar quake last Friday (March 28), a maid in Singapore asked to return home. Her employers readily agreed and bought a plane ticket for her. They also gave the domestic helper an $800 red packet to support herself in Myanmar. Employer Chen Huiqin (transliteration) told Shin Min Daily News that her helper had cried after learning that her 62-year-old mother had gone missi…

With U.S. Absent, China Steps in for Earthquake-hit Myanmar

BANGKOK/BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) – After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday, killing more than 2,800 people, international rescuers rushed into the devastated Southeast Asian country.

Disaster Relief Is Just as Illegitimate as Foreign Aid - LewRockwell

The county of Burma or Myanmar has seen its share of natural disasters. A devasting cyclone in 2008 killed tens of thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands more homeless. To make things worse, the country has suffered from internal conflict for 50 years, and is currently in the midst of a civil war. Last month it was a devasting 7.7 earthquake that hit Myanmar. Over 2,000 people are confirmed dead, thousands are injured, and countless …

With US absent, China steps in for earthquake-hit Myanmar

BEIJING: After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday (Mar 28), killing more than 2,800 people, international rescuers rushed into the devastated Southeast Asian country. The most ubiquitous among