Medical supplies donated to the Red Cross Society of China’s Wuhan branch sit in warehouses. “People came to us because they know the highway that’s supposed to move fast has a big black hole on it.”That “big black hole” is the Red Cross Society of China. Unaffiliated with the Red Cross elsewhere, the Red Cross Society is one of two government-controlled organisations through which Beijing monopolises philanthropy. The Red Cross Society is notorious for corruption and inefficiency. The Red Cross Society has been slow in giving away masks and other supplies, according to analyses by people in China based on incomplete data.

Source: bd News24 February 19, 2020 14:26 UTC