There is an outpouring of humanity and humanitarinism in response to the catastrophic calamities of this year, the Annus Horriblis of natural disasters.
In Myanmar and in Sichuan and elsewhere in Central China, massive rescue efforts are being undertaken to save lives first and foremost. I am pleased to report that there is humanity in common peoples, above and beyond governments, and mau mau protesters. These are the doers not talkers.
Special note is made on some real genuine buddhists, not the protesting "mau mau" "shit-disturbing" types. It is the genuine sincere humanitarian work of 慈濟基金會, the Tzu Chi Foundation .
Te Tzu Chi Buddhists,慈濟基金會, originally started from Taiwan, have now spread their non-governmental charitable work throughout the globe, in their unconditional charitable work, free of politics and politization, strictly humanitarian and compassion. They have worked very tirelessly to relieve pain and suffering. Our kudos to Tzu Chi 慈濟基金會 and their charitable work; they have initiated work quietly to provide succor to all victims of the natural calamities, including Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Myanmar, and no Sichuan Province, China, check them out by clicking:
http://www.us.tzuchi.org/usa/home.nsf/home/index
And Xinhua News, China's premier news source, has risen to the occasion to provide breath-taking up to the minute fresh accounts of the efforts being mobilized and devoted to rescue and save lives.
But further, outside of the epicenter of the earthquake, the support from the descendants of the Yellow Emperor has been overwhelming.
Spatium Trientis has been keeping abreast with the stirrings inside and outside of China, not from government(s), but from the ethnic Chinese inside and globally, organizing and mobilizing to provide aid, relief and succor. Consider what
is happening in China in terms of aid relief efforts, as reported by Xinhua:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/14/content_8170688.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/14/content_8171571.htm
"Blood is thicker than water." yan huang zi sun 炎黄子孙 are pouring their support all over the globe.
The massive outpouring of charity and magnanimous contributions from the ethnic Chinese yan huang zi sun 炎黄子孙, outside of China in the overseas Diaspora, as well as from HKG, Macau, and Taiwan, have been massive, quick, and amazingly unconditional.
I wished that their charity and hearts would extend further out also to all victims of the recent natural catastrophes, especially Myanmar. Peoples of Myanmar must not be forgotten. And they are still digging out from their devastation left after the horrific cyclone.
Click on for some updates on the massive relief aid effort. Wall Street Journal reported on the outpouring from HKG and MACAU. Taiwan is also mobilizing.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2008/05/14/charity-begins-at-home/
In the San Francisco Bay area, both local ethnic Chinese newspapers, the Sing Tao and the World Journal have also joined in the fund-raising relief aid efforts with their own mobilization campaign.
Our local mainstream English newspaper, the SF Chronicle also reported on the mobilization effort by the Sichuan province Chinese now living in the Bay Area and their outpouring of aid and relief support.
Read up on the San Francisco Chronicle report on just one local community in America, namely, San Francisco, is doing to mobilize to provide relief :
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/14/MNQC10LKO0.DTL
In San Francisco Chinatown, ethnic Chinese community groups, including the Chinese American Association of Commerce, and the Chinese Six Companies are also mobilizing to raise relief funds. That effort is being echoed all throughout over 150 San Francisco Bay Area ethnic Chinese community groups, from all walks of life, different countries of origins, backgrounds, professions, family and clan associations...... all ethnic Chinese overseas.
Even, San Francisco Chinatown Salvation Army has also mobilized to lend relief aid support; in addition to the San Francisco Bay Area Red Cross. Also, consider an NGO such as "Give2Asia."
http://www.give2asia.org/page12020.cfm?CFID=14963300&CFTOKEN=61734785
But when it comes time to quietly lend a hand in funds and relief aid, it is always the ethnic Chinese overseas, globally, and in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and all throughout Southeast Asia, Australasian, North America, Latin America, and Europe who respond enthusiastically and without any pre-conditions.
"Blood is thicker than water."
But I sincerely hope that this time, the charity and humanitarian efforts must not lose sight of the equally horrific disaster in Myanmar, and the sufferings of the peoples of Myanmar.
The poor masses, i.e. the "lao bai xing" 老百姓 of Myanmmar also deserve all global Chinese help and magnanimity.
It is a manifestation of us Chinese as a people thinking forward as "one world, one harmony. and one peace."
"天下為公 世界大同“
Don't you think so ? e-mail me at : edwardmliu@gmail.com
Somehow, I stop hearing "TEAM TIBET" and the Dalai Lama talking any more ? Where's "TEAM TIBET-SHANGRI-LA" and the Westerner "Eden" fanatics and zealots all of a sudden ? After all, there are many ethnic Tibetans in Sichuan province, and the victims include ethnic Tibetans in damn thar inaccessible hills?
FREE TIBET ? FREE MARIJUANA ?
How about SAVE TIBETANS? SAVE SICHUAN, Dude ? And SAVE MYANMAR !
