Category Archives: Charity

Mourning the victims of the Yushu Earthquake

How the Chinese media and Internet users are memorializing the Yushu earthquake.

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Finding good in Sodom: Leung Man-tao on Xu Zhiyong

Leung Man-tao (梁文道), the social commentator and TV critic who has published books as well as written numerous newspaper articles and blog posts, penned a blog post on August 13 inspired by Xu’s disappearance and the petitioner’s rape at the Juyuan Hotel this month.

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Tori Zwisler of Roots & Shoots

Tori Zwisler is the founding Executive Director of the Jane Goodall Institute – Shanghai (JGI-S), formed in 1999. JGI-S focuses primarily on the Roots & Shoots program, formed as a foreign-affiliated Not-for-Profit Organization promoting environmental concern, care for animals and care for people among Shanghai’s youth.

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The Chinese Red Cross and its critics

The history of the Chinese Red Cross and Netease’s problem with its lack of transparency.

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