[PapaBear3625]

Second, under the limited transportation ability due to road or weather condition, it’s seems more efficiency that we sent water, food and medical equipment there for those survivors.

China is not some little island nation. They have a population of 1.3 billion, and a GDP of $7 trillion. Their army has 2.3 million troops. They have modern helicopters and trucks. They have plenty of their own resources they can mobilize, their own stocks of food, water, etc.

[laberphany]

What I said we couldn't send more soldiers in Sichuan under bad road and weather condition is just for the very beginning time of rescue.

Now, 3 days after the disaster, more than 100,000 soldier, policeman, fireman, rescue team (including international teams) and doctors have been sent there. 60 more helicopters have been put into use for transport survivors, water and food.

DB, you can't use population of China as the base to get “1 of 10,000” to show it's short of hands. The point is how many people we need in this rescue, not how many we have.