Let us use the tools of law to prick the donation hype, says an article in Beijing News. The following is an excerpt:

After the earthquake jolted Sichuan, a great many companies from home and abroad declared that they would donate large sums of money for the quake areas. But more than one month after the quake, 11 companies still have not paid the donation or only paid part of the donation. Among the 11 are renowned companies.

On the Internet, many netizens have questioned whether these companies can fulfill their donation promises and their worries seem not unnecessary. On previous occasions, some domestic companies made empty promises on donation - like in the 1998 floods, half of the promised 600 million yuan donation from companies was not paid at last.