| Charity in China is in predicament! | |
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| Oct 4, 2007 03:17 |   |
 | According to the news, a hotel in Shijiazhuang city held a special activity to celebrate its fourth anniversary. The hotel gave out 165 VIP cards to those so called sucessful people. With the card, they can live in the five-star rooms for free. However, there is a condition: they should donate some money in the money box. After five days, 21 businessmen in all lived in the hotel. However, only 280.5 yuan in cash was found in the money box. This was really surprising. Why were those rich people stingy? They have made a lot of money. It is their obligation to reward the society. But they do not. One interviewee said that he would not donate much if he chose to live in that hotel. The reason is simple: it is not necessary to helpt hotel advertise itself. What's more, he did not believe the hotel because some donations have been embezzled or 'eaten up' by some officials. Is it because of crisis of confidence? What on earth makes charity in China be in predicament? Not long ago, the Forbes has abolished its charity list in China. Why? Because those affluent people are unwilling to donate and the charity sector in China is not mature. How sad it is! |
| Oct 4, 2007 11:31 | #1 |
| Charity comes from good, kind-hearted people willing to share what they have. The nun known as Mother Theresa comes to mind. She is the only famous person I ever wanted to meet while working as a journalist; unfortunately, I never met her. >>>It is their obligation to reward the society. I agree with your sentiment, but I do not believe it is a law; it is a matter of morality. Great philanthropists are rare. There was a news article a while back that pointed out that many of the movie stars appearing in television commercials begging for charitable contributions were paid to appear in the commercial and never contributed a penny. >>>What's more, he did not believe the hotel because some donations have been embezzled or 'eaten up' by some officials. I never contribute to big charities for exactly that reason. There have been numerous scandals in the US of top executives in charities making millions USD for themselves and passing precious little through to the people in need. It is difficult to be charitable when there are so many beggars with pockets lined with gold and silver. I know that is true in the United States; I was told that is true of beggars in China; and it is probably true the world over. Every so often I will see a street beggar that in some way strikes me as being truly needy. What I did the last time that happened was to buy the beggar a good meal. He was much too dirty to go into the restaurant so I ordered him a big meal with meat, noodles, vegetables and bread. I also gave him a small amount of money; he had no shoes and his clothes were tattered. When I was in China in 1978, I saw two children begging deep in Shanghai (I was lost but did not know it yet) ...as I approached to give the children a little money...the people on the street who had been ignoring the children surrounded them; made donations; and barred my access to the children. I always took that as a message saying "We take care of our own." I doubt that there are fewer kind-hearted people in China than elsewhere on the planet, so the predicament is global in nature. My suspicion is that the predicament is created by those beggars with pockets lined with gold and silver...whether they are on the streets or in television commercials. You can do your part to remedy the predicament by being kind-hearted when you encounter an unfortunate soul. |
| Oct 5, 2007 01:59 | #2 |
| >>>It is their obligation to reward the society. I agree with your sentiment, but I do not believe it is a law; it is a matter of morality. Yes, it is a matter of morality. But it is a pity that those rich people do not have high and valuable morality. The more money they have, the more stingy thay are. people like Bill Gates are too rare. What's more, I can see that you are a great guy from what you did, Griz. But at present, there are too many fake beggars who take begging as their profession. You should be aware of them when you decide to help him or her. |
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