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The Shangri-La Institute for Sustainable Communities: an Interview with Lucy Binfield

An interview with Lucy Binfield from the Shangri-La Institute of Sustainable Communities, an NGO that works to promote education for sustainable development in China.

2017-10-27

Our Registration Story: The Asia Foundation

Another piece from the Center for Charity Law's "Our Registration Story" series, this time focusing on the Asia Foundation, one of the first international NGOs to work in China.

2017-10-24

Our Registration Story: The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Following TNC's successful registration in Beijing, chief representative Joyce Ma talks to the Center for Charity Law about her organization's history in China, how it faced the challenge of registering under the new law, and its plans for the future.

2017-09-29

Dr. Wang Chao (Save the Children): the Future of China’s Overseas NGOs

A talk by Wang Chao, Save the Children's chief representative in China, discussing what the future will hold for international charities working in the Middle Kingdom.

2017-09-14

Our Registration Story: the Ford Foundation

An interview with Elizabeth Knupp, the Ford Foundation's chief representative in China, about the Ford Foundation's experience registering in China under the Overseas NGO Law and its future plans in the country.

2017-08-21

Registering and Working in China – an Interview with Albert Yu, World Vision

In this exclusive interview with CDB, operations director of World Vision China Albert Yu speaks about his organization's important work in China, and its successful efforts to register in the country following the passing of the Overseas NGO Law.

2017-08-04

Yale Graduate Qin Yuefei: Why I Decided to Become a Village Official

The inspiring story of Yale graduate Qin Yuefei, who chose to become a government official in a tiny Hunan mountain village and look for innovative ways to stimulate China's rural development.

2017-07-25

Working with the Migrant Children of Beijing – an Interview with Helen Boyle

Helen Boyle is a British lady who started and runs a foundation that helps improve the education of the children of migrant workers in Beijing. Today she speaks with CDB about her work, what motivates her and what children need to be happy.

2017-05-27

Selfless American Teaches Children in Rural Gansu Province for 17 Years

The story of American teacher David Deems, who has been teaching and collecting donations for local schools in a remote area of Western China for the past 17 years.

2017-05-22

China’s NGOs Go Global: True Stories from a Program Director

There is an increasing number of Chinese NGOs that have become active overseas. What challenges do they face when operating abroad? The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation's program director recounts some of his experiences and cultural misunderstandings from when he worked in Sudan.

2017-04-28

A Shared Future: the Chinese Volunteers Helping Syrian Refugees

The story of two Peking University students who went to Gaziantep, a Turkish city near the border with Syria, as volunteers to assist the numerous Syrian refugees there.

2017-04-07

Women’s Rights in China – an Interview with Feng Yuan

An interview with veteran Chinese feminist Feng Yuan on women's rights in China.

2017-03-22

Sustainability and Education: an Interview with Dr. Shannon May

American anthropologist and educational expert Shannon May talks to CDB about her experiences in rural China and her current attempts to make education more accessible for children around the world

2016-12-27

An Interview with Adrian Sargeant: Fundraising and Donor Loyalty

Professor Adrian Sargeant, world renown authority on fundraising and donor psychology, talks with CDB about how fundraising can be made more responsive to the needs of the donors, and about some of the issues facing the charity sector in China and worldwide.

2016-08-04

Upward in Life, Forward in the NGO sector

Xiaoxue, a young mother, presents a touching story of how a Chinese NGO worker grew into her role. In the article we can bear witness to her relentless search for justice and the meaning of life, and her aspirations for social reform.

2016-03-30

If Everyone Could Take a Small Step Forward

Project officer Ma Lingling tells us two sad stories on disadvantaged children and their teachers. She calls for empathy and genuine efforts from project officers to understand the difficulties faced by the people they serve and empower them.

2016-03-30

Liu Feiyue’s Family Photos for Left-behind Children

Photographer Liu Feiyue travels to Gansu Province to shot family photos for the left-behind children when their parents return for the Spring Festival.

2016-03-02

Falling in Love with philanthropy

After becoming the only full-time employee of a start-up private foundation for education in 2013, Yao Rui, a girl from Hunan, blazed a trail forward in mid-western China, a region that is seen as a vacuum by private Chinese foundations looking for NGOs with whom to cooperate. Her active efforts and positive attitude heralded a whole new phase for the work of private foundations in the region.

2016-02-26

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