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Blogger detained for posting fake photos of rare animals being prepared for dinner

A blogger in China recently received five days of detention for posting photoshopped pictures of butchered exotic animals waiting to be cooked on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Going by the nickname 一车当先cars on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent…

2018-02-24

Single woman writes to NPC deputies asking for the right to freeze her eggs

A 29 year old single woman named Zhan Yingying has sent letters to 64 National People’s Congress deputies from Jilin province, urging them to propose a motion to allow Chinese single women to make use of ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology)…

2018-02-22

China’s first employment discrimination case involving transgender man ends with signs of progress

Chinese court says for the first time that employees should not be treated differently based on their gender identity and expression.

2018-02-13

Yunnan hospital taken to task for recruitment ad discriminating against women

A recent case in Yunnan has provided an encouraging example of an institution being taken to task by bloggers over the use of sexist language in recruitment ads, and providing a quick and satisfying response to the controversy after the…

2018-02-11

Official statistics show how last year’s lottery revenue was spent

Official statistics for 2017 have revealed that the annual revenue from lottery sales in China exceeded 400 billion yuan for the first time, a sum equivalent to the annual fiscal revenue of Beijing. In an interview with Xinhua, the authorities…

2018-02-09

Entrepreneur donates nearly 10 billion yuan for wildlife conservation

On the 19th of January, the official Instagram account of US sitcom the Ellen Show uploaded a video on Instagram, entitled “this Chinese woman is donating 1.5 billion dollars to save endangered animals.” The video got more than 3 million…

2018-02-08

Fundraising drive for burnt baby ignites discussion over charity’s management fees

A debate over a charity’s management fees has been ignited by the case of Hanghang, a 6-month-old baby from Anhui province. On the 26th of January, Hanghang was unfortunately badly burnt by a small electric heater. The accident was caused…

2018-02-07

Tianjin PSB organises event to answer the questions of overseas NGOs

Last week the office of ONGO management of the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau held a “Service Day” event aimed at the representatives of ONGOs. The activity was attended by the chief representatives of the Tianjin offices of eight ONGOs…

2018-02-06

First urban philanthropy assessment system to be established in Shenzhen

Fang Tao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and executive vice-president of the Shenzhen Charity Federation, presented a proposal to build a comprehensive system of supervision and scientific…

2018-02-01

Students in Guangdong school pressured to donate money by their teacher

An incident in which students were humiliated by their teacher for not donating money has raised public attention. According to a report by a local TV program, a student in Chaoyang school in Maoming city, Guangdong, had a parent who…

2018-01-28

Overseas NGOs register in Fujian, Henan and Yunnan

A number of representative offices of overseas NGOs recently registered in Fujian, Henan and Yunnan provinces. In Fujian province, the Administrative Office of Overseas NGO issued the Taiwan World Journalism and Communication Association (台湾世界新闻传播协会) with their registration credentials. The Taiwan…

2018-01-22

Controversy over the ‘Ice boy’ receiving only 500 Yuan in donations

A debate has ignited over the donations raised by last week’s viral “ice boy picture“. The controversy was begun by reports that the Zhuanshanbao Elementary School (转山包小学), where the boy in the picture studies, has received 100 thousand yuan in…

2018-01-18

Donations collected in support of the “ice boy” and other left-behind children in Yunnan

Over the past week the picture of a little boy with his hair completely covered in frost after walking to school through the Yunnan countryside has gone viral on Chinese social media. The little boy, named Wang Fuman, is a…

2018-01-17

Blogger detained for posting fake photos of rare animals being prepared for dinner

Single woman writes to NPC deputies asking for the right to freeze her eggs

China’s first employment discrimination case involving transgender man ends with signs of progress

Yunnan hospital taken to task for recruitment ad discriminating against women

Official statistics show how last year’s lottery revenue was spent

Entrepreneur donates nearly 10 billion yuan for wildlife conservation

Fundraising drive for burnt baby ignites discussion over charity’s management fees

Tianjin PSB organises event to answer the questions of overseas NGOs

First urban philanthropy assessment system to be established in Shenzhen

Students in Guangdong school pressured to donate money by their teacher

Overseas NGOs register in Fujian, Henan and Yunnan

Controversy over the ‘Ice boy’ receiving only 500 Yuan in donations

Donations collected in support of the “ice boy” and other left-behind children in Yunnan

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