The Number

102

Yuan

The Red Cross Society of China is at the center of another controversy after its Gansu branch announced it had helped transfer 1,900 boxes of bottled water worth 194,400 yuan ($31,700) - an average of 102 yuan per box - to quake-hit areas in Gansu province. The high value aroused suspicion among netizens, since one bottle of water generally costs 1 to 2 yuan. In response, the society said the water was donated by a bottled water company and the value was determined by market prices.