Breaking News – Chinese government tries to profit from snowstorm.
Nineteen provinces in China are suffering continuous onslaughts of blizzards. Currently, Guangzhou station is jammed with a new influx of commuters and people who are waiting anxiously to return home. It is estimated that over 40 million people, in chaotic scenes, are squeezed and stranded in there. The large-scale power failures in Zigong in Sichuan province have raised criticisms of the Chinese communist regime as they vie for profits while ignoring commoners’ lives.
On Sunday, in order to cope with the chaos at the station whereby anxious commuters are becoming more agitated, at least 12,000 soldiers had been deployed to Guangzhou Station. To stop the anxious crowds trying to board the train, the security guards and soldiers set up a number of cordons that had added to the chaos at the scene.
Trapped at the station for days, hungry and cold, many people are pushed and fell unconscious, sick or came down with a cold. Several spots providing medical aids are set up to help migrant workers.
Zigong has encountered extreme weather condition rarely felt in the past 20 years as the freezing rain, snow and ice continue to sweep the area. Urban and rural residents have complained incessantly as large power blackouts took place. However, the 14th Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival is underway and shining on an unprecedented scale. The daily power consumption of the carnival is equivalent to electricity usage of approximately 2,500 average families, and the carnival, which is conducive to the Olympics, will continue for five months.
Some insurance policyholders are in for a rude shock. As of 31st January, all insurance companies have already prepaid snowstorm insurance compensation of 350 million Yuan, and that the official announcement of the loss from the disaster is 53.79 billion Yuan. On the other hand, the existing natural disaster insurance claims have relatively stringent standards that weakened the security function; the existing “snowstorm” insurance liability standard is: Only when buildings cave in as a result of snow pressure within specified requirements, the insurance companies will then assume liability.
Analysts believe that the impact on the 100 million people as a result of the disasters not only highlights China’s weak infrastructure, but also the Government’s incompetence handling of major crisis. It also revealed that under the totalitarianism of the Communist regime it failed to recognize the issue as an emergency to deal with. Chinese communists focus on anything conducive to launching satellites and hosting the Olympic Game, the face-saving projects, but basically nothing is done in response to large-scale disasters.
The above news is brought to you by Shi Hui, hosted by Daniel Teng for Breaking News on SOH Radio Network.
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