On September 4th, the Ministry of Education published the "opinions on the deepening of the exam and students' recruitment procedures reform" (关于深化考试招生制度改革的实施意见).
Dong Huijie interviews Mrs. Zhang Shuqin, founder of the Beijing Sun Vilage and explains how the organization has transformed in a social enterprise and become self-sustainable to continue providing services to children of prisoners.
Investigations by the Ministry of Civil Affairs into the "Beijing Angelmom Charity Fund" has found that while their use of two personal bank accounts to receive donations violated regulations, the violation seems not to have been intentional and there has been no evidence of funds embezzlement.
The article is a recount of the reporter's experience in the sanitation workers face-off against the police, and narrates some of the protest leaders' experiences of being subjected to harassment from law enforcement officers and their employer.
A survey carried out by Beijing's Environmental Education Center has found that air pollution levels remain the most pertinent environmental issue for Beijingers (90.2%), ahead of overall city cleanliness (88.3%) and water quality (84.7%).
The recent publicity over the 'ice bucket challenge', an act aimed both at raising funds for and increasing awareness of the rare disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has taken China by storm, and has also cast the spotlight on China's patchy medical laws in relation to patients with rare diseases.
On August 12, the Guangdong Legislative Affairs Office released a public consultation paper on the "Guangdong social organizations management regulations".
The piece is a contribution by the Chen Yixin Family Foundation, and concerns the question of how best to maintain the legacy and ethics of family foundations as they are passed down from generation to generation.
A gender discrimination case has been allowed to proceed to trial in Hangzhou's Xihu district. The case has been filed by Huang Rong (not her real name), after her application for a copywriting position was rejected several times on the grounds that the position was restricted to male applicants.
Tucker Van Aken discusses transparency in China and the way Open Government Information (OGI) regulations have brought new opportunities for civil society groups.
Three HIV carriers who wanted to fly from Shenyang to Shijiazhuang were denied access to the plane by staff from Chunqiu airlines on the ground that "the company rules forbid [us] from boarding AIDS infected passengers".
Although close to 70% of social benefits have been decoupled from the hukou, most basic benefits such as education, healthcare and the pension system are still tied in to the hukou system.