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China: Chinese Red Cross on corruption watch
28 May 2008 17:38:28 GMT
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Bloggers continue to monitor earthquake corruption, as they wait for the truth to come out as to why so many school buildings collapsed so easily in this month's massive earthquake.

The parents of children who died, though, aren't waiting. On Sunday a group from Mianzhu city took photos of their children and marched to the larger Deyang city to seek justice [zh] from Party officials there.

The problem goes back to criticism that many schools which completely crumbled in the earthquake were cut short and built to stand as sturdy as though made from tofu suds. Sohu blogger Crisker offers photos from Mianzhu which us a better sense of what the childless parents there are feeling now:

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“The children didn't die as a result of natural disaster, they died of dangerous buildings.”

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The red scarf Chinese schoolchildren wear, representing a corner of the flag that so many died for in the CCP revolution:

å"å",为什么只有æˆ'们的学校会å€'塌?为什么???

Uncle, why did only our school collapse? Why???
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å€'塌的墙壁仿佛是直接æ"¾åœ¨åœ°é¢ä¸Šçš„,看不出有地基ç»"æž„

Walls which crumbled appear to have been placed directly on the ground, no foundation can be seen.
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Volunteers and others at the front line of the relief efforts continue [zh] to voice concerns about what they see there.

As for Chinese Red Cross, which is handling the vast majority of domestic donations for the earthquake relief fund, several journalist-bloggers early this week came across a thread on the heavily patriotic Strong Nation Forum which strongly suggests something shady is going on at Chinese Red Cross in how it purchases many of its tents.

It looks like Bullog blogger and 'smoking gun' tip-off man the ProState In Flames blogger was one of the first to give this story [zh] some prominence.

王平å'Œæœ€ç‰›å¸ç¯·å…¬å¸åˆ°åº•什么关系?
来源:强国论坛

Just what exactly kind of relationship is it that Wang Ping has with The Most Awesome Tent Company?
Source: Strong Nation Forum

红十å­-会王平同å¿-,ç½'友们很好奇,你å'Œè¿™å®¶å¸ç¯·ä¾›è´§å•位,存在什么样的关系?红十å­-会,请站出来大胆地解释!

Comrade Wang Ping from the Red Cross, the netizens are curious: just what sort of relationship is it that exists between you and this tent company? Red Cross, please stand up and boldly explain!
声明:

1、本人是强国论他老ç½'友,说话是负责的,但老马ç"²è¢«å°ï¼Œæ•…刚注册了这么一个。

2、所有资料来自于人æ°'ç½'官方以及其他官方ç½'站,文责自负,请版主æ"¾è¡Œï¼Œæœ¬äººæ„¿æ„åç‰¢ï¼Œç½'友们也不要为æˆ'担心。

今天,强国论坛邀请红十å­-会工作人å'˜çŽ‹å¹³ç­‰äººè¿›è¡Œè®¿è°ˆï¼Œäººæ°'ç½'上传了王平等人出示的红十å­-会采购合同å'Œå'票,请看合同签å­-的相关图片,令人ç"Ÿç–'的是,作为红十å­-会工作人å'˜ï¼Œç«Ÿæœ‰ä»£è¡¨â€œåŒ-京裕龙诺亚帐篷有限公司”签å­-的嫌ç–',

;关图片,令人ç"Ÿç–'的是,作为红十å­-会工作人å'˜ï¼Œç«Ÿæœ‰ä»£è¡¨â€œåŒ-京裕龙诺亚帐篷有限公司”签å­-的嫌ç–',

Declaration:

1. Being an old netizen here on the Strong Nation Forum, my words come responsibly. But my alias has been locked down, so I've just registered another. One takes responsibility for what they write, so would the webmaster please let this one go? I'm willing to go to prison, so netizens need not worry about me.

2. All information comes from the official People'sNet websites and other official websites.

Today, the Strong Nation Forum invited Red Cross employees Wang Ping and others to come in for an interview, and uploaded to People'sNet the Red Cross purchasing contract and receipts that Wang Ping and others presented, so please see the text of the contract and the accompanying photos. What makes one most suspicious is that as Red Cross employees, they are being suspected of having given signatures representing a “Beijing Yulong Noah Tents Co.
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注意,供货方“åŒ-京裕龙诺亚帐篷有限公司”代表签名为“王平”,假如你质ç–'是否是王平的签名,请看王平给人æ°'ç½'题词æ-¶çš„签名,看ç¬"迹是否一致,

144;ï¼Œçœ‹ç¬"迹是否一致,

Note: The representative of the supplier, “Beijing Yulong Noah Tents Co.,” is signed with the name “Wang Ping”. If, now, you question whether or not that is Wang Ping's signature, please see the signature on the inscription given to People'sNet, and whether the handwriting is consistent:
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æˆ'们好奇于,王平代表åŒ-京裕龙诺亚帐篷有限公司(总经理叫王翠),å'Œçº¢åå­-会签订采购合同,但王平又在红十å­-会上班,怎么回事???

155;žäº‹ï¼Ÿï¼Ÿï¼Ÿ

另据ç½'络搜索,“åŒ-京裕龙诺亚帐篷有限公司”,法人是王翠,å'˜å·¥ä¸è¶³10人,
请看ç½'络搜索图片地址:
http://www.sxdxs.com/HuangYe/BeiJing/46859.htm

We're very curious, just how is it that Wang Ping can represent Beijing Yulong Noah Tents Co. (whose General Manager is named Wang Cui) in signing a purchasing contract with the Red Cross, but at the same time be working for the Red Cross???

Also, following an internet search, Beijing Yulong Noah Tents Co. was incorporated by Wang Cui, and there are fewer than ten employees.
Please refer to this address from the internet search:
http://www.sxdxs.com/HuangYe/BeiJing/46859.htm

该公司可è°"历史上最牛的小公司,å'˜å·¥ä¸åˆ°10个,但却是15年以来,连续成为红十å­-会的å"¯ä¸€ä¸­æ ‡å•位:

请看ç½'络地址:

http://www.sooq.cn/companyportal/link.jsp?ckey=402880f701c7020c0101c72856f32b55

This company might just be the Most Awesome Small Company in history; with less than ten staff, it has successfully been the only bid winner for the Red Cross for the past 15 years; please see this url:
http://www.sooq.cn/companyportal/link.jsp?ckey=402880f701c7020c0101c72856f32b55

这是王平做客强国论坛的记录:

回ç­"ç½'友tea3000:再次再次请王平嘉宾回ç­":åŒ-京裕龙诺亚帐篷有限公司的总经理王翠å'Œä½ æ˜¯ä»€ä¹ˆå…³ç³»ï¼Ÿå¦‚果没有,请直说没有。

王平:æˆ'不认识“王翠”这个人,æˆ'å'Œè¿™ä¸ªäººæ²¡æœ‰ä»»ä½•关系。æˆ'也已讲过æˆ'们的招标采购是ç"±æœºå…³æœåŠ¡ä¸­å¿ƒè´Ÿè´£çš„ï¼Œæˆ'本人从未参与过采购招标采购工作。

‡é‡‡è´­æ‹›æ ‡é‡‡è´­å·¥ä½œã€‚

â€"â€"æˆ'们好奇于,王平说不认识王翠这个人,但是,王翠给红十å­-供货都超过15年了,而ä¸"都是å"¯ä¸€ä¸­æ ‡å•位,可能不认识å-?

æˆ'们好奇于,一家营业额只有百把万的小公司,怎么会连续15年成为å"¯ä¸€ä¸­æ ‡å•位??而ä¸"中标价æ¯"浙江公司高å¾-多?

æˆ'们好奇于,这家公司,年è€-ç"µé‡ä»…为千度,å"ªæ¥çš„ç"Ÿäº§èƒ½åŠ›ï¼Œè¶³ä»¥æ"¯æ''“15年来,å"¯ä¸€ä¸­æ ‡å•位”这一特殊待遇?

(请看ç½'络搜索地址:http://www.shyqy.net/uploadfile/20077385110409.xls)

This is the record of Wang Ping's visit to the Strong Nation Forum:
Netizen tea3000: Yet again for the second time request our honored guest Wang Ping answer: what is your relationship with Beijing Yulong Noah Tents Co. Ltd. General Manager Wang Cui? If there is none, please state that there is none.

Wang Ping: I do not know this person “Wang Ping”, and I have no relationship with this person. I've also stated that our open tenders are handled by a state service center. I myself have never taken part in purchasing or open tender work.

So we are very curious, Wang Ping says he does not know Wang Cui, but, Wang Cui has been supplying the Red Cross for over 15 years, and it is its only successful tendering company, so is it possible that that don't know each other?

We're very curious, as to how this company, whose annual power consumption consists of only just one megawatt hour, gets its production capacity from, enough to support the special treatment of being “the only bid winner for the Red Cross for the past 15 years”?
(Please see this internet search result: http://www.shyqy.net/uploadfile/20077385110409.xls)

Would you risk going to prison to make an accusation like that? As a preface to his reposting of the story from ProState In Flame's blog, Bullog blogger and former journalist Wen Yunchao writes with uncharacteristically strong language in his post ‘Time for a life-or-death fight in defence of of news freedom':

全面å'Œè°çš„丧é'Ÿå·²ç»æ•²å"ï¼Œæˆ'们必须æ‰"一场殊死的å'¨è®¯è‡ªç"±çš„保卫战,为æˆ'们的公æ°'权利,为æˆ'们的良心。欢迎大家将下文æ- é™åº¦è½¬å'至你所有可以å'布信息的博客及论坛,并转å'任何有助于维护æˆ'们的公æ°'权利与良心的信息。æˆ'们èª"将所有å'Œè°çš„æŒ‡ä»¤æ·¹æ²¡åœ¨äººæ°'群ä¼-的汪洋大海之中。

#135;³ä½ æ‰€æœ‰å¯ä»¥å'布信息的博客及论坛,并转å'任何有助于维护æˆ'们的公æ°'权利与良心的信息。æˆ'们èª"将所有å'Œè°çš„æŒ‡ä»¤æ·¹æ²¡åœ¨äººæ°'群ä¼-的汪洋大海之中。

132;汪洋大海之中。

The bells of full-out harmoniousness have begun ringing, and we must fight a life-and-death battle in defence of news freedom, for our civil rights, and for our consciences. I welcome everyone to post unlimitedly the below text to all the blogs and forums to which you are able to spread information, and to repost any information of assistance in safeguarding our civil rights and consciences. We swear to drown all harmonious orders in the vast ocean that is the masses of the people.
After the Strong China Forum and then the highly-regarded ProState In Flames, the news quickly hit Tianya and nearly all major forum sites, so the human flesh search engines have been able to dig up every trace mention of Beijing Yulong Noah Tents Co. that exists online, including a whole series of bids the company had won with the Ministry of Civil Affairs going as far back as 1998. ProState In Flames himself has since posted detailed info on companies that Wang Cui himself has incorporated, as well as more on related tenders for Chinese Red Cross tent purchases.

Since it's been put like that, what have you seen that you can pass on?

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