The Impact of Wenchuan Earthquake Towards China’s National Security
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  • Aziz Al A’raaf Syed Azizul

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Abstract
  • This research studies the impact of Wenchuan earthquake towards China’s national security. The research focuses on how the major disaster that struck Wenchuan in 2008 could possibly led to multiple series of issues regarding China’s national security. This research has three objectives. The first objective is to study the Wenchuan earthquake. Secondly, the impact of the earthquake towards China’s national security. Thirdly to research China’s government and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)’s action for the recovery of China from the Wenchuan earthquake. The concept of national security is applied in this research to analyze China’s vulnerability from threats that may come during that time. This research uses a qualitative technique that is based on secondary data references from credible sources, both printed and online. This research findings that the Wenchuan earthquake had brung major catastrophe to China by causing mass death and injuries to people other than destroying the facilities and household properties. Sichuan province which were also one of the agricultural site for grain and pig supply had affect China’s national trading and also depleting the country’s food supply. This research concludes that the Wenchuan earthquake had caused huge impact to the nation’s national security. Disaster management are one of the main aspects that need to be taken seriously because without full preparation, a country might cannot recover at all from any incoming threats that can give huge impact towards it’s national security.


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