主题：【原创】西媒地震报道中的中国点滴 -- 逸云三洲

The town's mayor, Nobutaka Azumi, pulled up in a car. Wearing a white helmet with a crest on the front, he confronted Mr. Wang. "Can you just say 'let's go, let's go' and take people from here without telling their employers?" he said. "This is Japan, you know."

"Can you ensure that you can protect their lives?" replied Mr. Wang. "This may be Japan, but these are citizens of China."

Back at the bus, Ms. Liu and Mr. Wang were getting impatient. If the bus, adorned with a sign that read "China Rescue Bus 8," didn't leave before dark, it would be hard to navigate the twisting mountain roads or the partially flooded, debris-covered coastline streets that run across the coastline since there is no electricity in the area.

When a group of workers arrived, Ms. Liu read the names off the list and let them on the bus. Many cried and embraced their Japanese employers. At one point, Ms. Liu abandoned the list, allowing a trio of women who begged to come along to board the bus.

With about 40 Chinese workers on board, Mr. Wang and Ms. Liu got on and the bus pulled away as the sun started to set. Mr. Kimura, the portly fisheries-company owner, watched the bus leave and said: "Wow, that's the Chinese government for you."