China, Asia

WORLD IMPACT NETWORK STANDS UNIQUELY POISED TO HELP

CHINA ’S EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS.

 

World Impact Network partnerships in China are already mobilizing help to Earthquake victims of Sichuan province in Central China about 900km from Beijing . All donations received will be distributed to Chinese doctors and other personnel working with Asian Outreach and Action Love to bring much needed aid to the victims affected by the Earthquake. Donations can be made to World Impact Network, earmarked ‘Earthquake China’ and sent to 12819 S.E. -38 th Street, #53, Bellevue, WA 98006 or can be donated online by clicking here

As China emerges from the cocoon of communism this economic butterfly is spreading its wings worldwide. Hungry for a piece of the capitalistic pie, this totalitarian regime is transforming itself into a twenty first century mega power. Dogged by unreported ills of peasant uprisings it continues to present a brave 'new era' face to a watching world. Preparing itself for closer scrutiny at the 2008 Olympic Games, China is sparing no expense to present itself as 'a nation able to hold its own' in the worldwide arena with U.S. and European goliaths. China's insatiable desire for power and wealth will eventually unravel the bulwarks of totalitarianism or will it? Its recent reopening the Silk Road verifies that China desires to be a player in the universal trade game.

On our recent visit to Beijing, Xian and Shanghai it became obvious that China is a country of paradoxes. If one was to ask if there is persecution in China the answer would be startlingly different depending on who was asked. China still holds its politics close to the chest, unlike America that likes to wear its internal disagreements on its sleeve - thanks to freedom of the press! This same freedom is not afforded to Chinese citizens who still live with censorship. The advent of the internet opened up an obvious avenue of freedom to Chinese citizens which was soon squelched when multinationals cow towed to the demands of the Chinese government to restrict access to Chinese users. If it comes down to freedom for others or profits for ourselves it would appear as thought profits win every time. Once again Chinese citizens will have to find new ways of discovery when it comes to the outside worlds opinions regarding human rights violations in China among other things.