Three days after the earthquake, however, the Iranian government announced it would now accept foreign help.
Mexico's state oil company wants to become a modern oil giant with foreign help.
The Americans could not hope for foreign help until they should have shown their ability to help themselves.
The Chinese concentrated on areas where it could not obtain foreign help.
In addition, Russia has steadily become more open and accepting of foreign help.
Nevertheless by 19 July both sides were looking for foreign help.
For days, as the flood waters rose, the government resisted seeking foreign help.
"If there were no foreign help, it would be really hard for us."
After initially refusing foreign help, China has opened its borders.
Or has he used foreign help for his own personal and political purposes?