Trending hashtag on Weibo today: "Why Didn't Los Angeles Learn From the Chongqing Firefighting?" (洛杉矶为何学不了重庆救火). Initiated by Beijing Daily, the topic compares the handling of the LA fires to efforts to control mountain fires in Chongqing in August of 2022. - ThreadSky

manyapan.bsky.social • 50 days ago

Trending hashtag on Weibo today: "Why Didn't Los Angeles Learn From the Chongqing Firefighting?" (洛杉矶为何学不了重庆救火). Initiated by Beijing Daily, the topic compares the handling of the LA fires to efforts to control mountain fires in Chongqing in August of 2022.

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droseph.bsky.social•50 days ago

I get what they're doing, tho the specifics are wrong.

But that's beside the point:

The message seems to be "mind your own affairs. You are a crumbling super power. You won't be able to win a contest with us."

Can't really argue w/ that point.

doxiefan.bsky.social•50 days ago

What has China learned from record flooding? As in climate change? China has been hit too, with floods, killing 47. A crisis that has hit the entire planet. This is a global problem and assertions of superiority aren't helpful in solving this on a global level. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/beijing-shuts-train-lines-rain-arrives-chinas-north-2024-07-16/

manyapan.bsky.social•50 days ago

In a Beijing Daily op-ed, Bao Nan (鲍南) argues that, despite well-known fire risks, the LA fires represent a "completely man-made disaster" ("彻头彻尾的 '人祸'") for which US government cannot escape accountability. Bao: "The fire chief seemed more focused on LGBT initiatives."

manyapan.bsky.social•50 days ago

Bao suggests that the way of handling wildfires is a reflection of priorities and, ultimately, power of a state. He raises the example of how China handled the mountain fires raging in Chongqing in '22 that spanned 3 km in width in an area lacking water & infrastructure at a time of extreme drought.

manyapan.bsky.social•50 days ago

Here's a link to a short article I wrote about the Chongqing fires, highlighting how the people who joined forces to battle the fire under extreme weather conditions were celebrated as the "heroes of the city": https://www.whatsonweibo.com/true-heroes-of-the-city-sparks-of-patriotism-as-firefighters-contain-chongqing-wildfire/

manyapan.bsky.social•50 days ago

The Chongqing forest fires were contained by ‘fighting fire with fire’ (“以火灭火”). With the help of volunteers, firefighters used controlled fires-burning the fuel that could feed another fire. This sometimes risky firefighting tactic was reportedly decisive in containing the fire.

doxiefan.bsky.social•50 days ago

Really? Comparing fighting forest fires to a fire in an urban setting? How many million people live in the area of the forest fire? So many sanctimonious critics out there who do not live here. Did they also have powerful winds such as Santa Anas? BTW billions spent in CA on climate change

allan-b.bsky.social•50 days ago

I doubt that works well with 100mph winds

manyapan.bsky.social•50 days ago

In his op-ed, Bao Nan sees a difference in how Chinese society mobilized, organized, united in fighting the fires. At the time you had all these motorcycle riders, common volunteers, who drove on and off with supplies (see in video in tweet: https://x.com/manyapan/status/1563149098693210112).

manyapan.bsky.social•50 days ago

Arguing that the ability to fight disasters is a critical indicator of a nation's governance, Bao writes that differences in governance models between China and the U.S. are at the root of their contrasting disaster responses.

climatenews.bsky.social•50 days ago

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