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[quote=BOBERT,422471]China demands extra compo for citizens killed in Christchurch quake 
March 14, 2011 12:04PM 
 
 
 
China wants special compensation for its victims of the Christchurch quake.

CHINA has reportedly demanded New Zealand pay special compensation to Chinese families who lost their children in the February 22 Christchurch earthquake.

An official coordinating the Chinese embassy's disaster relief efforts, Cheng Lee, told Radio New Zealand that China's situation was unusual due to the fact that, by law, families there could only have one child per couple.
Parents in China rely on that child for economic assistance after their retirement, he explained.
"You can expect how lonely, how desperate they are, not only from losing loved ones, but losing almost entirely their source of economic assistance after retirement," he said.
He said the Chinese Ambassador Xu Jianguo had indicated "many times" that China hoped the New Zealand government would take "this very special case into consideration" and make arrangements for economic assistance other than that provided by the nation's Accident 
 
The national government-run scheme provides for no-fault personal accident insurance cover, and means people who have suffered injury, or the families of those killed, do not have the right to sue.
It was unclear exactly how much compensation was thought appropriate, or whether the New Zealand government would pay, but Tertiary Education Minister Stephen Joyce said other nations had also suffered and families were entitled to a range of payments.
Seven Chinese nationals have been named among the 166 confirmed dead while 24 are missing - all from a language school, which was in one building that collapsed in the 6.3-magnitude

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