Right now is when they need them the most. You have to get to people quickly, or they are lost. Delaying, will cost lives. That’s a shame.
I just suspect China is still nervous about letting us fly around the nation with our aircraft. They may not want the Chinese people to see our modern aircraft, vehicles, supplies and food stuffs either.
“What, Americans don’t hate us? They aren’t devils?”
Can’t have that get out.
Come on mate, I live in Shanghai and all the people in China love the States, except some brainwashed kids in college. And the people here know the States better than the Americans know China.
You need to come to Shanghai have a look, cheers!
LOL, I was in southern China last week, and was surprised to see the commercials for a hand-held GPS system that attaches to your car, or your bicycle. Modern toys are not foreign in China. I dare say that there were more high-end digital cameras in private hands on the Olympic torch relay route in Guangzhou than were on hand for the Atlanta Olympics torch relay. As for aircraft, well I'm still amazed by the F-22 that I saw last year at an air show. One can't blame anyone else in the world for marvelling at something awesome like that... but then again, China's own aircraft aren't that far behind, either.
“What, Americans don’t hate us? They aren’t devils?” Can’t have that get out.
Americans are not hated by the Chinese. The Chinese word for America is Mei Guo... literally translated, it means "Beautiful Country". They know we don't hate them, either. They understand that we're a bit concerned about so much of our industry being replaced by Chinese factories, but I think they know that our biggest concerns are with their government, and not their people or culture.
As with every nation and culture on earth, one must be careful to remember that the people and the government are always two distinct entities. Most Americans hate America's government, so it's no surprise to discover that most of the world's citizens also hate America's government... but few societies (outside of the evil French) show any dislike or disdain for American citizens. We are widely known in China, and throughout the world, for being kind, generous, helpful, happy, fun, and involved. Further, China's experience in WWII was traumatic (the city of Nanjing lost more people in mere months than were killed in the Holocaust in all of Europe in 5 years, and just as brutally), and America was the primary Allied force in the area turning back the Japanese army. Even a Cultural Revolution cannot change those memories.
Chinese people and government are not so naive just as you think.
Even government refuse the rescue, we also could see your “modern” aircraft and vehicles on TV or internet.
At that time, the road is still closed due to hill slide. Even sky trooper couldn’t get there, not saying your rescue team. Your rescue team is professional at rescue, not for break down rock, all right.
we really know your “modern aircraft, vehicles, supplies and food stuffs”, for in this information age, we have a lot of ways to be informed. It's the fact that the traffic condition is extremely bad in that area...A well-known poem written by Li Bai (a famous poet who grew up in Sichuan in Tang Dynasty), “Shu Dao Nan”(Shu refers to Sichuan, Dao means road, and Nan means hard) describes that vividly. (I found a translation and post part of it here, since it is very long)
HARD ROADS IN SHU
Li Bai
Oh, but it is high and very dangerous!
Such travelling is harder than scaling the blue sky.
...Until two rulers of this region
Pushed their way through in the misty ages,
Forty-eight thousand years had passed
With nobody arriving across the Qin border.
And the Great White Mountain, westward, still has only a bird's path
Up to the summit of Emei Peak —
Which was broken once by an earthquake and there were brave men lost,
Just finishing the stone rungs of their ladder toward heaven.
Such travelling is harder than scaling the blue sky.
Even to hear of it turns the cheek pale,
With the highest crag barely a foot below heaven.
“What, Americans don’t hate us? They aren’t devils?”
That’s a little ridiculous....
I can’t see why Chinese gov would want Chinese to think Americans are devils.And for most of them who live in Wenchuan, they got the impression of Americans from Hollywood’s movies.