So the Chinese want extra compensation for their dead in Christchurch. So while the rest of the world is asking how they can help us, the Chinese are asking how they can help themselves.
Cactus Kate explains just what sort of compensation you’d get if you died in a Chinese earthquake.
Sichuan had an earthquake, remember that? The one where shonky construction led to mass destruction. Lets see how much the Chinese government forked out to each victim’s family.
The compensation for a death in the earthquake is just 5,000 yuan ($US730) from the central government plus an equal or smaller amount from the local government.
For many in a rapidly growing China, the amount is almost token.With ACC of a funeral grant of a whopping NZ4,500, a survivors grant for spouse of $NZ4,700 and for children of $NZ2,351 per child and repatriation of remains exceeding this level of compensation that Mainland China thinks its own citizens deserve in identical circumstances, New Zealand really needs to send China only one thing -An invoice.
Well after that all I have for the Chinese is a cute a little song (NSFW).
