I don’t know how deep you know this disaster. But I know you will be deeply shocked

I don’t know how many towns were destroyed. But I know many people lost their home.

I don’t know how does the house looks like before. But I know the old is not able to rebuild by himself.

I don’t know how many schools collapsed. But I know at that time many classrooms were full of students.

I don’t know whether this mother saw her child still alive finally. But I know the child is the treasure of every family.

I don’t know how many people are still under the ruins But I know most of them will not survive.

I don’t know under the ruin the hands belong to a girl or boy. But I know the hands are eager to touch her or his parents again.

I don’t know what is time now. But I know it is a horrible time.

I don’t know the exact reason why they embraced tightly. But I know there must be some reason.

I don’t know what is the man looking for. But I know the possibility is quite low.

I don’t know why they are crying. But I know the tear is from their heart.

I don’t know this child can survive or not.But I know in her little heart there’s already a deep slot.

I don’t know how long did this man already speed under the ruin.But I know he is already very lucky in the earth quake.

I don’t know what did the finger language means by this nurse.But I know it doesn’t mean “victory”.

I don’t know the drive already escaped or not.But I know the road was already completely blocked.

I don’t know where they are marching to.But I know where they are coming from—home.

I don’t know whether they can have a good sleep here or not. But I know they don’t have other choices right now.

I don’t know how many people are here. But I know big trouble will happen if no water and food supply.

I don’t know how did this man escaped from the collapse. But I know it is not an easy way now and future.

I don’t know what’s the destination for them. But I know at this time only they can help themselves.

I don’t know where here is. But I know it is not their home.

I don’t know whether these babies can realize the tough situation.But I know when they grow up their parents will tell them the story.

I don’t know what are they thinking about. But I know in their mind there is still hopes.

Give your help hand,
warm the heart of the people who are in the big trouble,
support them to gain the courage of life,
and rebuild the bright future……

How to donate for Sichuan China in the earthquake?

Note: This table is only applicable for using foreign currency/people living out of China. If you are currently living in China or you can speak Chinese, please use Google or other search engines to locate your local red cross agencies.

As I only collect the information from web according to the best of my knowledge, please verify any information you get from the web twice before donation, especially the destination bank account number and swift code.

Quick tips:

If you want to donate via credit card: Go to method 3, 5, 6, 7

If you want to donate via check, go to method 1, 10

If you can do wire transfer quickly, go to method 2, 3, 4

If you want to donate to some NGO that you can trust, go to method 8, 9, 10

If you want to donate via paypal, go to method 8, 9, 10

If you can read Chinese or if you are in HK, go to method 5, 6

If you are in United States and near New York, you can use Method 1.

If you’ve head of some NGO/Forums like bullog or mitbbs, go to their corresponding web pages. Method 8 and 9 provides the quick link.

Official Agencies:

Method 1
Organization: Chinese Consulate General in New York
Write a Check to Chinese Consulate General in New York.
Pay to the order of: “Chinese Consulate General in New York”
For “Earthquake Relief Donation”
Mail to “Liu Lei,520 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036″
Please leave your name, addr and zip code/tel so that we can connect you with receipts
Phone number: 212-244-9392 ext. 1000.
Website(In Chinese): http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/chn/ttxw/t434163.htm

Method 2.
Organization: Chinese Red Cross
Wiring transfer to
Bank Info: CHINA CITI BANK H.O.IN BEIJING, SWIFT:CIBKCNBJ
Account Number: 7112-1114-8260-0000-209
Website http://redcross.org.cn (In Chinese)
Tel 011-86-10-65139999, 64027620

Method 3.
Organization: Chinese Red Cross FOUNDATION
Bank Info: BANK OF CHINA, BEIJING BR., SWIFT:BKCHCNBJ110
Account Number: 8001-0008-6608-0910-14
Website: www.crcf.org.cn
You can also use IE browser to access
http://www.crcf.org.cn/gb/jianjie/jkindex.asp
via your credit card.
You can get the information about your donation at
http://www.crcf.org.cn/gb/jianjie/jkindex.asp

Method 4
Organization: China Charity

Bank Info: BANK OF CHINA,H.O.IN BEIJING, SWIFT:BKCHCNBJ
Account Number 0010-0914-9080-9101-4
Website: http://www.chinacharity.cn/wzdefaultservlet (Chinese)

Method 5
Organization: Red Cross In HK
Online donation Website: www.redcross.org.hk

Method 6
Oxfam HK
Online donation website
https://www.oxfam.org.hk/public/donate/donate?donate_id=45

Method 7
MercyCorps China Earth Quake relief.
Donate on line via credit card.
Website: http://www.mercycorps.org/chinaearthquake/?source=1062

Method 8
Bullog, a famous right-wing web forum in China, founded by Yonghao Luo.
Donate via paypal.
Website: http://www.bullog.cn/blogs/liuyanban/archives/136782.aspx (In Chinese)

Method 9
MitBBS via paypal
Website: http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/sysop/31168784.html
Pay to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
ATTN: Chinese earthquake relief.
For paypal. You don’t need a bank account to operate, just use paypal (If you know what it is). Note that MITBBS/Bullog are both popular and high-ranked BBSs among Chinese community, they are doing everything they can do to help the victims in the earthquake, but keep in mind that they are not a non-profit/tax free agency. [If you want a tax-exempt receipt. this might not be a good choice]

Method 10
SVNT, a non-profit organization registered in California with IRS 501 (c)
(3) status. We will publish all transactions of donations online. All
donations will be 100% transferred to China Red Cross.
(Unverified by me, but many Chinese have donated through this)
Via Bank Transfer:
Bank name: Washington Mutual
Payee title: SVTN (special fund for earthquake relief)
Routing #: 322271627
Acct #: 3170415745
Address:
690 RIVER OAKS PKWY
SAN JOSE, CA 95134-1905
Or by check:
Pay to: SVTN
For: China Earthquake Relief
Mail to: P. O. Box 1295
Fremont, CA 94538-0129
USA
Or Paypal: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Pay to China Earthquake Relief. 

A brilliant article China’s Great Regulatory Wall on Wall Street Journal by Duncan Clark discussed China’s troubled way of its own 3G standard TD-SCDMA’s commercial inception, which is not ready yet even to this day.
 

According to the article, the population of w-cdma has reached 140 million and EV-DO 70 million, both of which have formed a lively industry chain of manufacturers and providers; but look at TD-SCDMA, it hasn’t even reached a stage that’s mature enough for commercial inception.
 

Everyday TD-SCDMA’s falling further behind its other two rivals, especially W-CDMA. HSPA, the so called enhanced W-CDMA, can now transfer data at as high as 20 to 40 Mb per second, which is now even taking fixed-line ADSL’s place as the primary broadband in Sweden, while TD-SCDMA, whose data rate is only at 2.8 Mbps, is still struggling on its way to its commercial inception, which we can only presume to be in summer 2008, optimistically.
 

And there’s price to pay for China’s authorities stubbornness, Duncan Clark discussed:
 

The Chinese telecom solution provider Huawe and ZTE have grown to be a very competitive in the international market, especially on the newly developed territories. But ironically TD-SCDMA, the Chinese authorities are pushing, is actually dragging the two companies back. As their company scales are still smaller than Ericsson, Alcatel-lucent or Nokia-Siemenz, the R&D resource that can be available to them are very limited. Yet Chinese government has assigned them to provide solutions for TD-SCDMA’s commercialization, which unavoidably distracted their resource in competing with their international rivals.
 

And to talk about the initial good wish of TD-SCDMA, which is to help Chinese manufacturers to gain bigger domestic market share, now seem to be redundant. In 2006, Huawei’s domestic sales has gained 22% of the market, overcame Ericsson to become the No.1 in domestic market; while ZTE now ranks the 4th place after Nokia-Siemenz.
 

China’s mobile operators haven’t benefited too much from TD-SCDMA neither. The biggest mobile operators China Mobile has been assigned by the authority to implement TD-SCDMA, when the natural upgrade to W-CDMA from their existing GSM network is ignored; China Mobile can hardly hide their disappointment. And in order to favor the TD-SCDMA standards as Chinese government intended to, no 3G licenses will be issued before TD-SCDMA is ready for commercial inception, which results in the delay of the long anticipated re-structuring of China’s telecommunication industry, which has been a pressing issue for a long time.
 

And come down to the most challenging part of TD-SCDMA’s way to success, are Chinese customers going to like the TD-SCDMA phones. None of the big international handset manufacturers are making TD-SCDMA handsets. There’re probably only ten’s of models of TD-SCDMA handsets to choose from, which’re not produced by famous brands such as Nokia, Motorola; while there’re handreds of W-CDMA models available already. And fashion design and famous brand will become important factors when selling handsets in China.
 

Clearly Mr. Duncan Clark thinks TD-SCDMA is bringing more trouble to China than its benefit. The issues he’s discussed in the article do make great points. As it’s been already made a fact by Chinese government that everything will have to wait for TD-SCDMA’s commercial inception, let hope for the best out of it.