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Shanghai Conference for Business and Commerce-Related NGOs, Foreign NGO Law Education for a University and ‘Returned Overseas Chinese’ Federation
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—July 2, 2018
July 2, 2018:In an official ceremony, the Fujian Public Security Bureau (PSB) Foreign NGO Management Office issued a registration certificate to the Taiwan-China Strait Two Shores One Family Exchange Promotion Association. The head of the Fujian PSB Foreign NGO Management Office commended the association for their constructive efforts in promoting cross-strait economic and cultural collaborations and expressed hope that all future activities would be carried out in accordance to the law. The chief representative of...Read more
China and the EU held their 36th Human Rights Dialogue in Beijing on July 9 and 10. The EU press release about the dialogue makes clear that issues such as detained lawyers and the situation in Xinjiang were a key focus of the sessions, but the EU also raised the Foreign NGO Law: “Other issues raised include the death penalty, systemic problems in the criminal justice system, including cases of arbitrary detention, restrictions on freedom...Read more
Asia Dialogue recently posted a series of “video policy briefs” looking at implementation of the Foreign NGO Law in China. Each video looks at a different country or aspect of the Law’s implementation. The following offers the author’s suggestions for improved EU-China interaction related to civil society in light of the Foreign NGO Law. Read more
The China-Europe Association for Civil Rights (CEACR) published a new report on civil society organizations that covers the first quarter of 2018. CEACR writes that the impact of the Foreign NGO Law and the Charity Law has led to the “control and even suppression of CSOs . . . on the concrete, operational level,” noting that some Foreign NGOs’ inability to register has limited funding flows to some small domestic NGOs. The report also discusses...Read more
Asia Dialogue recently posted a series of “video policy briefs” looking at implementation of the Foreign NGO Law in China. Each video looks at a different country or aspect of the Law’s implementation. The following is focused on how groups from France and The Netherlands are able to work under the Foreign NGO Law.Read more