In Mandarin, untoward incidents can be generally classified as natural disaster (天灾) or human error (人祸). Natural disaster is beyond our control, it is simply occurrence without the involvement of human, it is decided upon by the mother nature. On the other hand, human error is solely the adverse consequences of the act of human. But the effect of these two unfortunate occurrences is the same, as they both lead to environment, financial and worst still human losses.
Come this 12 May, it will be exactly a year after the deadly 2008 Sichuan earthquake which killed about 69,000 people, injured some 374,000 and about 18,000 went missing. It was the deadliest earthquake since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which killed at least 240,000 people in China. The Sichuan earthquake left about 5 million people homeless, and severely affected China merely a few months before China hosted the 2008 Olympic.
People around the world wept for the earthquake victims but our tears will never be enough to console the people who lost almost everything, their families, their children, their homes, and most of all, hopes. That fated day of 12 May 2008 destroyed the lives of millions of people in Sichuan province, and exactly one year later, some have left the disaster-hit home town to start a new lives somewhere, some are still there but no one know deep inside their heart, have the victims recovering from the mental stress of the aftermath, no one know for sure.
Chinese will always say “god got no eyes” when something bad happened to them. In this instance, not only god got no eyes, but how about thousands and thousands of young children who were killed not by the direct effect of the earthquake but by the collapse of the co-called to-fu dregs school building which were sub-standard and collapsed easily because of the construction scandal involving corruption practices of local government officials? There were approximately 7000 school buildings reportedly built with sub-standard materials but approved for public uses by the local authorities. Thousands and thousands parents were crying fouls as they believed their children were killed not because of the earthquake but human error. The schools were supposedly built to provide shelter to a future generation while they were studying, but the greed of irresponsible people has destroyed a future generation, how cruel was that? In China, where a single child is implemented to control the population, you can imagine how hearth-broken the parents who lost their one and only child. No monetary compensation will ever make up to suffering they have gone through.
Mother nature may have whatever reason for causing the earthquake, that we may not be able to understand, but those people involving in corruption practices which lead to the collapse of school building so easily should be brought to justice, so that the young souls of the victims who died in the school will rest in peace.
Come this 12 May, it will be exactly a year after the deadly 2008 Sichuan earthquake which killed about 69,000 people, injured some 374,000 and about 18,000 went missing. It was the deadliest earthquake since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which killed at least 240,000 people in China. The Sichuan earthquake left about 5 million people homeless, and severely affected China merely a few months before China hosted the 2008 Olympic.
People around the world wept for the earthquake victims but our tears will never be enough to console the people who lost almost everything, their families, their children, their homes, and most of all, hopes. That fated day of 12 May 2008 destroyed the lives of millions of people in Sichuan province, and exactly one year later, some have left the disaster-hit home town to start a new lives somewhere, some are still there but no one know deep inside their heart, have the victims recovering from the mental stress of the aftermath, no one know for sure.
Chinese will always say “god got no eyes” when something bad happened to them. In this instance, not only god got no eyes, but how about thousands and thousands of young children who were killed not by the direct effect of the earthquake but by the collapse of the co-called to-fu dregs school building which were sub-standard and collapsed easily because of the construction scandal involving corruption practices of local government officials? There were approximately 7000 school buildings reportedly built with sub-standard materials but approved for public uses by the local authorities. Thousands and thousands parents were crying fouls as they believed their children were killed not because of the earthquake but human error. The schools were supposedly built to provide shelter to a future generation while they were studying, but the greed of irresponsible people has destroyed a future generation, how cruel was that? In China, where a single child is implemented to control the population, you can imagine how hearth-broken the parents who lost their one and only child. No monetary compensation will ever make up to suffering they have gone through.
Mother nature may have whatever reason for causing the earthquake, that we may not be able to understand, but those people involving in corruption practices which lead to the collapse of school building so easily should be brought to justice, so that the young souls of the victims who died in the school will rest in peace.
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