{"id":156433,"date":"2013-05-21T15:18:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T22:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=156433"},"modified":"2013-05-21T15:28:46","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T22:28:46","slug":"discrepant-data-garners-more-distrust-for-red-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/05\/discrepant-data-garners-more-distrust-for-red-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Discrepant Data Garners More Distrust for Red Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2011,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/05\/name-of-the-week-guo-meimei\/\">Guo Meimei scandalized<\/a> the name of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/english\/MATERIAL\/132108.htm\">Red Cross Society of China<\/a>\u00a0at a time when many were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ministryoftofu.com\/2011\/04\/shanghai-red-cross-caught-lavishing-money-on-feast-netizens-boycott-red-cross\/\">already suspicious about the humanitarian NGO&#8217;s\u00a0management\u00a0of funds<\/a>. After the devastating\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/04\/strong-earthquake-hits-sichuan-dozens-killed\/\">6.6Mw earthquake hit Sichuan province<\/a> last month, <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/04\/disaster-shows-faith-in-chinas-red-cross-badly-shaken\/\">lingering distrust in and anger towards the Red Cross came to light<\/a>. When a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/782738.shtml#.UZvGpCv70qs\"><strong>discrepancy between the Red Cross&#8217; recent\u00a0donation\u00a0figures and those on file at the Ministry of Civil Affairs<\/strong><\/a> was <a href=\"http:\/\/ndnews.oeeee.com\/html\/201305\/18\/61922.html\">revealed by Southern Metropolis Daily<\/a> last week, public outrage towards the Red Cross flared once again. The Global Times reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The public have questioned contradictory figures released for Lushan earthquake donations by the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry released figures for the amount of donations which were lower than those of the Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]The ministry announced Friday that as of May 10, the RCSC reported cash and material donations of 134.51 million yuan ($21.9 million), and the Red Cross Foundation, a separate entity administered by RCSC had received 24.3 million yuan. These figures contradicted the one posted on the RCSC&#8217;s Sina Weibo account on May 10, which said 159.27 million yuan had been collected.<\/p>\n<p>The RCSC Saturday clarified the discrepancy by saying that the ministry&#8217;s release did not include the donations received by the foundation, while the RCSC&#8217;s figures did.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/782738.shtml#.UZvGpCv70qs\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The South China Morning Post reports that, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mca.gov.cn\/article\/zwgk\/tzl\/201305\/20130500459666.shtml\">despite a Ministry of Civil Affairs statement<\/a> explaining the inconsistency, this may have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1241902\/china-red-cross-donations-doubt-after-new-figures\"><strong>further damaged the already tarnished public image of the Red Cross Society of China<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But the damage may already be done. &#8220;You can believe what they say or not, I certainly don&#8217;t,&#8221; a commenter posted online. &#8220;You can donate or not, I certainly won&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The questions raised had hit a nerve as the charity is still reeling from a damaged reputation after the Guo Meimei scandal in 2011, in which a young woman who claimed to work for the Red Cross flaunted her extraordinary wealth.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since, the Chinese Red Cross has struggled to collect donations. The ministry&#8217;s data shows that other charities have managed to collect several times as much as the country&#8217;s flagship charity.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1241902\/china-red-cross-donations-doubt-after-new-figures\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also see <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/04\/netizen-voices-after-quake-poem-for-red-cross\/\">one Chinese web-user&#8217;s Red Cross-inspired poem<\/a>, translated by CDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2011,\u00a0Guo Meimei scandalized the name of the\u00a0Red Cross Society of China\u00a0at a time when many were already suspicious about the humanitarian NGO&#8217;s\u00a0management\u00a0of funds. After the devastating\u00a06.6Mw earthquake hit Sichuan province last month, lingering distrust in and anger towards the Red Cross came to light. 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