Shanghai, correspondence - Chinese Internet users questioned the nuclear catastrophe underway in Japan and its possible effects in the coastal provinces to the east. And wonder what are the potential risks of irradiation for the Chinese people after the explosions at the plant in Fukushima. Alarmist messages circulating since the beginning of the week on alleged measures to be taken to limit the dangers.
One of them, falsely attributed to the BBC, was broadcast by mobile phones and the Internet in China but also in the Philippines. What the British chain has denied. The first web portal of the country, Sina, has also issued a statement denying the rumors. The State Administration of Nuclear Safety said Chinese yet, Tuesday, in a statement that the territory was not affected by radiation leaks that affect the neighboring archipelago.
But in a country where users are particularly skeptical about the information released by authorities, many also raise questions about the safety of Chinese plants. The country turned belatedly to nuclear power, its first reactor was connected to the network in 1991 and thirteen are active at present.
But 27 others are under construction, China plans to have endowed with a capacity of 40 gigawatts by 2015 against just over 10 at present to reduce its historic dependence on coal. The Department of Environmental Protection announced over the weekend that some lessons should be learned from setbacks Japanese but that "the determination and plans for China in the development of nuclear energy will not change." "China should revise its plans," said one visitor, Ren Zhiqiang, Weibo Sina's account, the equivalent of Twitter.
The analysis of the manager of the China PowerInvestment Corp., a major player in the sector, according to which nuclear technology in China can withstand any earthquake, raises a bunch of reactions. "Germany inquiry, France survey, China has only a band of experts repeating how its nuclear course will not even investigate," wrote Xiajizhe Zhake.
Customers have also remembered that the boss's largest operator of power plants in the country, China NationalNuclear Corporation, fell in 2009 for having pocketed nearly a million dollars in bribes. Yu Jianrong, a figure often speaking about the social ills of the country, notes this time: "The question that concerns me most about the quality of nuclear power plants would be that the influence of corruption." The disaster that affects the archipelago, however, raises an outpouring of sympathy for the Japanese people, a rare phenomenon, reflecting a common history and stormy persistent antagonisms, which result in frequent diplomatic crises.
The latest was the arrest in September 2010 by the Japanese coastguard of a Chinese fisherman nearby islands whose sovereignty is contested. This time, the Chinese have remembered that their neighbors had been among the first to offer their assistance following the earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May 2008 and did the same.
They also marvel of order and tranquility in Japan despite the catastrophic series of ads. The Global Times newspaper, which, however, rarely misses an opportunity to rekindle anti-Japanese sentiment, says: "Compared to the Japanese public, the Chinese are much less informed about the safety of nuclear energy and on ways to protect themselves in case of crisis.
" Harold Thibault 
One of them, falsely attributed to the BBC, was broadcast by mobile phones and the Internet in China but also in the Philippines. What the British chain has denied. The first web portal of the country, Sina, has also issued a statement denying the rumors. The State Administration of Nuclear Safety said Chinese yet, Tuesday, in a statement that the territory was not affected by radiation leaks that affect the neighboring archipelago.
But in a country where users are particularly skeptical about the information released by authorities, many also raise questions about the safety of Chinese plants. The country turned belatedly to nuclear power, its first reactor was connected to the network in 1991 and thirteen are active at present.
But 27 others are under construction, China plans to have endowed with a capacity of 40 gigawatts by 2015 against just over 10 at present to reduce its historic dependence on coal. The Department of Environmental Protection announced over the weekend that some lessons should be learned from setbacks Japanese but that "the determination and plans for China in the development of nuclear energy will not change." "China should revise its plans," said one visitor, Ren Zhiqiang, Weibo Sina's account, the equivalent of Twitter.
The analysis of the manager of the China PowerInvestment Corp., a major player in the sector, according to which nuclear technology in China can withstand any earthquake, raises a bunch of reactions. "Germany inquiry, France survey, China has only a band of experts repeating how its nuclear course will not even investigate," wrote Xiajizhe Zhake.
Customers have also remembered that the boss's largest operator of power plants in the country, China NationalNuclear Corporation, fell in 2009 for having pocketed nearly a million dollars in bribes. Yu Jianrong, a figure often speaking about the social ills of the country, notes this time: "The question that concerns me most about the quality of nuclear power plants would be that the influence of corruption." The disaster that affects the archipelago, however, raises an outpouring of sympathy for the Japanese people, a rare phenomenon, reflecting a common history and stormy persistent antagonisms, which result in frequent diplomatic crises.
The latest was the arrest in September 2010 by the Japanese coastguard of a Chinese fisherman nearby islands whose sovereignty is contested. This time, the Chinese have remembered that their neighbors had been among the first to offer their assistance following the earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May 2008 and did the same.
They also marvel of order and tranquility in Japan despite the catastrophic series of ads. The Global Times newspaper, which, however, rarely misses an opportunity to rekindle anti-Japanese sentiment, says: "Compared to the Japanese public, the Chinese are much less informed about the safety of nuclear energy and on ways to protect themselves in case of crisis.
" Harold Thibault
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