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Question by John J: Read Chinese? Foreign Aid to China 2008 Sichuan Earthquake: LAOS .5 mil/ U.S. .9 mil?
Sichuan Earthquake:
Casualties 68,712 dead
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Foreign Aid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_2008_Sichuan_earthquake

partial list of foreign aid, highest amounts first

Republic of China

$ 65,000,000

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Saudi Arabia

$ 60,000,000

In 2008, Sino-Saudi bilateral trade was worth € 32,500,000,000,making Saudi Arabia China’s largest trading partner in Western Asia.In the first quarter of 2010, Saudi oil export to China has reached over 1 million barrels, exceeding export to USA.
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Hong Kong

$ 38,400,000

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Germany
$ 31,000,000
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Macau

$ 15,300,000
(Macao is one of the two special administrative regions of the People’s Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong)

Japan

$ 9,600,000

Laos

$ 5,500,000
source in chinese, wikipedia footnotes:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2008-05/17/content_8190402.htm

read Chinese? can you confirm the $ 5.5 aid ?
Laos: GDP (2009 est.): $ 5.7 billion.
Per capita income (2009 est.): $ 878.

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South Korea

$ 5,000,000

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United States
$ 4,877,598

Australia
$ 4,500,000

Norway
$ 3,900,000

etc.

[France $ 385,500 ! }

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1) How could Laos donate more than the U.S. ?

2) why did Germany donate so much?

3) why did France donate so little?

4) why is the U.S. aid lower than several others, even Laos?

Best answer:

Answer by thecharleslloyd
Each country allows a budget for such things. americas budget got hit hard last year, the others not so hard.

What do you think? Answer below!