A friend in need is a friend in deed

THE news highlighted that Myanmar has gained USD 8 billion loan/aids/assistance within five months time. As usual, Japan is leading donor list and I am always appalling to learn that Chinese never do the same with other donors though they have taken advantages from our natural resource in past decades. It doesn't mean I expect China to offer some form of assistance to us. I just wonder why China only want to take our best natural resources and hesitate to offer some fraction part of what they have profited to us. Amazingly, in this stage, some senior official still find room to praise China how it have been good to us. We very hardly find Chinese's good deed toward Myanmar. Perhaps they have been extraordinarily excellent to a particular group from military ranks. 

Japan is offering US 5 billion with very less interest (0.01%) for 30 years while China is lending us US 100 million for 4.5% interest for short term. This scenario show clearly that how Chinese have treated us. Traditionally, Chinese are naturally trader who constantly how to make profit from others. Japanese have amazingly been good to us since the government changed two years ago. But still their tender bid for national projects failed and Japanese keep helping us in need. JICA is quite motivated in seeking our problems across the country and come with solution to fix them. Of course, whatever they offer advice, they must come with their own money to address. Where do we find such good friend in the region and globe? European and US are following Japanese to assist us while global firms like World Bank and ADB trying to help us in easing poverty. We never ever received such assistance in our history and our existing should have valued them by doing our own part without cheating them. Because we have to understand that we are doing for our own people's benefit while others come in to just help us speed with success. If others are eager to help us this time, I think no other time is better than now to build our nation and lift the living condition of our people who have been suffered so long under military regime.