Yes,
in comparison to myanmar (wrong spelling I know) they look awesome, and even compared to us in katrina. But the image of China is so negative it would be hard to not improve. It does say alot about where China is cutting corners in codes and regulations. I know alot of people hate Government mandates and all that but many of these deaths come from inadequate non ehxistant building codes. It is an awesome P.R. tool (sorry to sound un empathetic) for China though, it draws people together through the concept of suffering and Disaster. And I wish Burma would follow their example to at least make an attempt