here comes my humble excuses -
- now Americans and Japanese hv already put up a peagantry, incl. USS George Washington to the rescue. hence unworthy of Chinese Arc, to steal big brothers' thunder.
- did the disaster smitten PHL invite (diplomatically) Chinese navy for such an aid? under no circumstances shall anyone disrespect the host a dignified sovereign state! a precedent of Myanmar rejecting unsolicited "relief".
- Charity starts from Home. as a developing country of 1.4bln mouths to feed, China has to make do with what's affordable, not to be enticed into "punching" abv her weight.
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Thanks for coming in with some explanation.
I think all help so far received is unsolicited,
If the Philippines, has spurned the Peace Ark after it set sail, then Philippines would have looked churlish, something which she would not think of doing, given the vast disaster Philippines has been struck with, and it would have made her lose all sympathy that she has had over the Chinese Philippine dispute.
It would have been a win win for China and would have put China in a different light in the Asia Pacific Rim, which currently is not in favour of China.
But then, it could be that China is being cautious and is waiting for a request worrying that if Philippines rejected the ship, China would lose face. Though I feel it is Philippines who would have lost out, if she rejected the Peace Ark moving in!
I however do not buy the contention that China is a poor country feeding its millions and can hardly act magnanimous since if the second largest economy feels so, then all the others who are giving assistance will keel over!