[FreeAtlanta]

This is an awful catastrophe. I think I understand your point, but at the same time, I was shocked at the tiny 2.4 million that China had offered. This is their neighborhood, and yet, we get criticized for not giving enough.China is now sending astronauts into space!!! They have wealth, where is their compassion?

[Racehorse]

. . . I was shocked at the tiny 2.4 million that China had offered . . . They have wealth, where is their compassion?

China may not be as wealthy as you might think.  Read between the lines in this excerpt from a Bloomberg story.  The pressure is on.  If the Chinese don't respond, it is because they can't.

. . . China's response. It's no mystery that Beijing wants to boost ties here in Asia. The devastation from last weekend's tsunamis is a perfect chance for China to go further in selling its economy as a modern, benevolent one.

Yet China may have to do more than donate 21.63 million renminbi ($2.6 million) in disaster relief and send emergency search and rescue experts to the region. While it's a generous offer in light of China's challenges, this is an opportunity for China to score big points with neighbors. Will it rise to the occasion?