The Associated Press reported that China has pledged a total of less than $2 million in cash and materials, which is even lower than the donations from Swedish furniture chain Ikea and beverage giant Coca-Cola. The report said Ikea has offered $2.7 million through its charitable foundation while the Coca-Cola Company will be donating more than $2.5 million in cash and aid material, including 129,000 cases of water. The Philippines and China are currently locked in a territorial dispute over parts of South China Sea, with the Asian giant pressing its indisputable sovereignty over the entire waters. China has missed an excellent opportunity to show itself as a responsible power and to generate goodwill, the Associated Press quoted Zheng Yongnian, a China politics expert at the National University of Singapore. They still lack strategic thinking.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 03:20:03 +0000
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