Taiwan Leader Blamed for Typhoon Response

A little too late to straighten things up.

*Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou apologized again today for the slow response to Typhoon Morakot and said he plans sweeping changes to the country's rescue agencies and may punish some government officials. As of August 11, official figures on known damage caused by the typhoon were 127 deaths, 307 missing and 45 injured, as well as economic losses of about $37.1 million. As many as 600 people may have died in the island's most serious natural calamity for 200 years, according to Taiwan media. The Taiwanese public has criticized the government for imprecise forecasts of the strength of the typhoon and the areas it would hit. They also complained of long delays in rescue efforts and uncaring attitudes toward victims in the immediate aftermath of the storm. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs initially instructed Taiwan's embassies to refuse offers of foreign aid. Though it is a little late, trying to repair its image a foreign minister official said that the government asked major world donors for equipment, which were initially refused before. The ministry has approached Japan, the United States and European countries for supplies such as large helicopters and mobile homes.

ニュースアニメ「台風８号被害拡大　台湾政権揺るがす　『対応遅すぎ』批判集中」
死者が五百人を超える見通しとなった台風８号による災害の対応をめぐり、台湾の馬英九総統に対する批判が高まる一方だ。最高幹部による国家安全会議の招集が台風上陸の一週­間後など、初動の遅れはもはや政権にとって致命的。被害の拡大が見込まれる中、馬英九総統は15日、台風8号の深刻な被害に対する政府の対応の遅れで批判を受け「もっとう­まく対処できたはず。当然謝らなければならない。申し訳ない」と公式に謝罪した。批判は当初、中央気象局が大雨とその危険性について十分に注意喚起できなかったことだった­が、初動の遅れや軍、救助員の投入量の不足などの手落ちが目立った。メディアの早くからの指摘にもかかわらず、高雄県の村での約500人生き埋めの確認が遅れたことなども­市民の怒りを買った。さらに強烈な非難を浴びているのは、世界各国からの援助をいったん断ったことだ。米国をはじめ、日本やシンガポール、欧州連合（EU）諸国などは早く­から援助を申し出ていたが、外交部は11日、在外公館に「丁重に断るように」と打電した。馬総統や行政院の劉兆玄院長は「外交部の重大な失態」と不満を表明しているが、市­民や野党・民進党は責任のたらい回しのような失態に、名指しで政権幹部の罷免を求めている。紆余曲折を経て外交部は14日、米国が救難活動のための軍用機を出動させること­に合意。1979年の米台断交後初めて、米軍が人道援助名目で台湾に上陸した。

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[qqaiq]

操你媽ㄉ

[Lightning866]

@bestamerica  Cargo aircraft

[bestamerica]

Lightning866,

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american made this C130 to taiwan,,,

that is cooool,,,

what taiwan need to use this C130 for

[Lightning866]

@bestamerica  C130 Hercules US made

[bestamerica]

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what kind of airplane

[WuBingWay]

@SHUTUPNOOB654 His opinions's totally right .

[whytedog]

@lordawesome46

where did you get that statistic from? Guess you just made it up. Highly ironic you accused others of not understanding when the vast majority of Chinese have never and will never go to Taiwan or meet a Taiwanese person. You would have a far greater chance of meeting a Taiwanese person in an English speaking western university than the vast majoirity of Chines universities Anyway thanks to media censorship in the P.R.C most Chinese know only a fabricated falsity of Taiwan

[SHUTUPNOOB654]

@wrxmag i think u underestimate china a bit

[SHUTUPNOOB654]

@lordawesome46 i am chinese, and proud of it, but i respect taiwan too (republic of china) mainland is (people's republic of china)

[lostend1]

I wonder how would this all change with a re militarized Japan.