Meanwhile, back at the other disaster,...

[Mich the Tester]

The Chinese government, so popular and beloved among western businesses and investors, has demanded compensation from the New Zealand government for the lives of Chinese students lost in the Christchurch earthquake.

BBC News - NZ quake: China wants higher payments as Inquiry opens


Am I alone in thinking 'what a bunch of arseholes'?

[Old Greg]

The Chinese government, so popular and beloved among western businesses and investors, has demanded compensation from the New Zealand government for the lives of Chinese students lost in the Christchurch earthquake.

BBC News - NZ quake: China wants higher payments as Inquiry opens


Am I alone in thinking 'what a bunch of arseholes'?

Invoice them for their share of the rescue costs.

[Mich the Tester]

Invoice them for their share of the rescue costs.

Good idea. The whole world gets on the phone to say 'how can we help' but the Chinese government says 'you will compensate us for the loss of Chinese lives!'

Vile.

[Old Greg]

Good idea. The whole world gets on the phone to say 'how can we help' but the Chinese government says 'you will compensate us for the loss of Chinese lives!'

Vile.

I was thinking how they invoice the families death penalty victims for the cost of a bullet.

Not sure if they still do that, now that they have Execution Vans for improved retrieval of organs for transplantation.

[Jog On]

Meanwhile Ghadaffi is pressing on and gaining ground and Bharain declares a state of emergency...

Did Nostradamus predict any of this along with all the other tulip that was due to happen around this time?

[Mich the Tester]

Meanwhile Ghadaffi is pressing on and gaining ground and Bharain declares a state of emergency...

Did Nostradamus predict any of this along with all the other tulip that was due to happen around this time?

Of course he did.

And the rumbling Moor did farteth
and the gates of the orient were opened
and did great streams pour forth...

or something like that, having been translated badly through four different languages.

[wobbegong]

Of course he did.

And the rumbling Moor did farteth
and the gates of the orient were opened
and did great streams pour forth...

or something like that, having been translated badly through four different languages.

Sounds more like a "post-Vindaloo" prediction to me.

[2BIT]

The Chinese government, so popular and beloved among western businesses and investors, has demanded compensation from the New Zealand government for the lives of Chinese students lost in the Christchurch earthquake.

BBC News - NZ quake: China wants higher payments as Inquiry opens


Am I alone in thinking 'what a bunch of arseholes'?

well it's understandable given that they don't have a lot of money over there.....Oh wait!

[NotAllThere]

An embassy official, Cheng Lee, said China's one-child policy made those lost lives more valuable.

Should've thought of that before encouraging post-partum abortion.

[Doggy Styles]

"An embassy official, Cheng Lee, said China's one-child policy made those lost lives more valuable."

Come off it. There's over a billion more where they came from.