How does the Chinese governments response compare with that of Myanmars leaders?
In China, there was, in general, a rapid, robust, and open response. The Chinese people and government should be given strong acknowledgment and respect for this competent and fast-moving job. The army was mobilized and able to reach the affected area in a matter of hours, which is remarkable in a region that is relatively inaccessible even on a good day. Within the first week, the Chinese rescued 28,000 people from the rubble. The government sent out medical teams in helicopters to pick people up and bring them to triage sites for stabilization and then, from that place, send them out to receive more thorough care. Although there appeared to be an initial attempt by the Chinese government to keep the disaster quiet, cell phone traffic and local use of the Internet made it impossible for them to maintain control over the information flow. Then the government apparently made a virtue of necessity and began to use the Internet and cell phone communication to describe what it was doing an
