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Originally Posted by Yoruichi
The local news here just updated some figures. 56,000 confirmed dead. 25,000 missing. It's just shifting numbers from one category to another.
China is a growing economic super-power right? How much aid are they receiving?
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I just know the U.S., Germany, and Japan all jumped in immediately and offered aid, but this was really early when I read this; like one day after the earthquake. I'm sure a ton of countries have jumped in by now.
Just pulled up a list of amounts donated by several countries. It's really touching to see some of the not so powerful or rich countries still making an effort to help. Poland, Cambodia, Estonia, Thailand, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, and all sorts of countries you've never even heard of have sent some form of relief.
It's not even just countries. The Olympic commitee, Dell computers, Google, and Hewlett Packard are just a few examples of companies that have sent some form of aid.
A sample:
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BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Several more countries have offered aid to China whose southwest Sichuan province was hit by a massive earthquake on Monday.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz has decided to donate 50 million U.S. dollars in cash and 10 million dollars worth of relief materials.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that his country will provide to China 1 million pounds (about 2 million U.S.) in aid.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said his government will provide a first instalment of 500,000 euros (800,000 U.S. dollars) in aid to the German Red Cross to help China in its relief work.
Also, the Polish Foreign Ministry announced aid worth 100,000 U.S. dollars for China's quake-stricken people.
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