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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • China's earthquake horror prompts acts of selflessness 5/16/08   CONTACT THE HERALD Do you have a news tip? newstips@heraldnet.com | 425.339.3400   Published: Friday, May 16, 2008 Chinese quick to offer generous earthquake aid The Washington Post BEIJING -- At the headquarters of the Red Cross Society of China, volunteers turned a boardroom into a makeshift cashier's office Thursday, sending tens of thousands of fluttering bank notes through counting machines and handing receipts to people such as Cai Lili, 30, who stood in long lines with bricks of cash to donate to earthquake relief efforts. Since a massive earthquake struck Sichuan province and surrounding regions Monday, Chinese have donated $192 million to help their countrymen, according to China's Civil Affairs Ministry. The fundraising has come as officials have issued a rare public appeal for cranes and rescue equipment, hammers and shovels, bandages and medicine. In scale, the financial contributions have been unprecedented in China. There is no organized philanthropy here, and independent nongovernmental organizations are banned. "I wanted to separate the collective action from the individual action," said Cai, who earlier gave $14 at the office, then stood patiently in line Thursday to donate another $71 in her daughter's name. On the opposite side of a table stood Zhao Shuangying, 48. "It's very simple. I cannot go to Sichuan, so I came here to help," said Zhao, owner of a technology company. In his hands were several bricks of notes totaling more than $14,000.

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