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POLICY BRIEF NO. 13: On the Eve of the Third Plenum, Are We Seeing a Depoliticization of the NGO Sector?

This Policy Brief is our first in 2013. We hope to continue to publish a Policy Brief once a month or at least once every two months over the next year.

2013-09-17

Weekly Civil Society News, September 7 – September 13

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2013-09-13

Weekly Civil Society News September 1 – September 6

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2013-09-09

How Far Has Philanthropy Sector Reform Come Since 2011? The Experts Debate

CDB's Guo Ting, reports on a debate among experts and leaders within the philanthropy sector about how far the sector has come since the critical year of 2011 when it was beset by scandals and energized by microblog campaigns.

2013-09-06

Phoenix – Xu Yongguang: Foundations must collaborate with grassroots NGOs

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2013-09-04

People's Daily – Investigation into Henan foundation yields no results after two months

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2013-09-02

Philanthropy Times – Rural-based NGOs explore three models of development

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2013-08-29

“Civil Society” or “People’s Society”: Where’s the Party?

Patricia Thornton, uses the case of Shanghai to examine an important trend that has received little attention: the increasingly proactive role of the Party and Party-organized NGOs (PONGOs) in managing and guiding the development of the NGO sector.

2013-08-27

Yunnan Info Times – Government service procurement is NGOs greatest concern

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2013-08-22

A Chinese NGO with International Characteristics: The Morning Tears Advocacy Model

China’s internationalization has led to the emergence of NGOs that no longer fit neatly into the Chinese NGO or international NGO category but rather constitute a hybrid. Fiorinda Di Fabio looks at one such hybrid and its blueprint for conducting effective advocacy on child protection and welfare in China.

2013-08-08

Closing Meeting of the Project on Capacity Building Training for Chinese Labor NGOs’ United Rights Protection Campaign

August 1, 2013 China Development Brief Worker Representatives of the Participants Mr. Wei Wei is making a summary statement. In the afternoon of July 29, 2013, Little Bird Mutual-Aid Hotline for Migrant Workers held the closing meeting of…

2013-08-05

International NGOs Should Increase, Not Reduce, Their Support for Chinese Civil Society Organizations

In response to cutbacks in international funding assistance to China, Yu Fangqiang, executive director of the Nanjing-based civil rights NGO, Justice For All, says that, now more than ever, Chinese NGOs need more funding and support from the international community.

2013-08-01

Economic Information Daily – The "black box" of social service procurement

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2013-07-31

Southern Metropolis Daily – The Difficulties of NGOs

Recently, an influential think tank and NGO called Beijing Transition Research Institute (北京传知行社会经济研究所) was shut down by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, bringing issues related to NGO registration and management back into the spotlight.

2013-07-30

Southern Daily – Social organizations unable to accept Foshan’s RMB 2.4 million for service procurement

With the municipal government of Foshan, Guangdong ready to disperse RMB 2.4 million to social organizations in service procurement, the government is finding that social organizations are unable to accept this significant amount of funding.

2013-07-30

Beijing Times – Yunnan govt will withdraw from charity fundraising; civil servants may not work at NGOs

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2013-07-22

View from the Media: Controversy over the Environmental Public Interest Lawsuit

Environmental NGOs and scholars are upset over a possible revision to the Environmental Protection Law that would permit only one GONGO (government-organized NGO) to file environmental public interest lawsuits, preventing NGOs from serving as primary plaintiffs.

2013-07-16

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