Charity with Chinese Characteristics
Title | Charity with Chinese Characteristics PDF eBook |
Author | Katja Levy |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2020-06-26 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1788115074 |
This thought-provoking book explores the functions of charitable foundations in the People's Republic of China. Using both empirical fieldwork and extensive textual analysis, it examines the role of foundations in Chinese society and their relationship with the Chinese government, and provides a new, functional perspective on the role of foundations, complementing mainstream civil society and corporatist perspectives.
Charity with Chinese Characteristics
Title | Charity with Chinese Characteristics PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Chodorow |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
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Over the past 30 years, scholars and activists have called on the Chinese government to ease the registration and oversight rules governing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and to increase funding for such organizations by, among other things, broadening the charitable deduction. While China has made significant progress in this regard, the government continues to throw up roadblocks for NGOs, suggesting that it has not fully embraced this path. This article considers the extent to which the justifications for a broad charitable deduction adduced in the West make sense in China. The goal is to develop a normative basis consistent with Chinese values and interests that Chinese authorities would find compelling and which might lead to additional efforts to develop China's civil sector. This article also considers the extent to which China's political and social culture may affect such efforts, concluding that, even if China were to adopt Western-style laws governing NGOs and provide for a broad charitable deduction, China's culture would shape both how government officials implement the laws and how the Chinese people respond to them, leading to a system of charity, but one with Chinese characteristics.
The Spirit of Chinese Philanthropy
Title | The Spirit of Chinese Philanthropy PDF eBook |
Author | Bp. Yu Yue Tsu |
Publisher | Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law |
Total Pages | 130 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Charities |
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Describes Chinese Philanthropy in thought and practice, and interprets its characteristics and ideas.
China's Nonprofit Sector
Title | China's Nonprofit Sector PDF eBook |
Author | Chien-Chung Huang |
Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | 259 |
Release | 2013-10-16 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1412853133 |
The nonprofit sector in China (including nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and charities) is fairly new, especially to foreigners, since the rapid development of this "third sector" has not been widely studied in Western scholarship. The contributors to this volume have been engaged in research of China’s nonprofit sector for many years, and are intimately familiar with the operation of Chinese nonprofit organizations. China’s Nonprofit Sector describes the development of China’s nonprofit sector since 1995, including discussions on the rise of corporate responsibility and charitable foundations, grassroots organizations, and the microphilanthropy that arose after the Sichuan earthquake in 2008. It enumerates the shifting legal framework, the complex relationship between government-affiliated and private sector organizations, the media’s role, the emergence of microphilanthropy, and the lack of knowledge of the general public regarding philanthropic enterprises. This volume, in Transaction’s Asian Studies series, directly addresses the topic of China’s nonprofit sector and gives a coherent and comprehensive account of its development and challenges. This work will be of value for all policy specialists, Asian Studies scholars, and all individuals interested in China.
Chinese Foundations and Grassroots Social Organizations
Title | Chinese Foundations and Grassroots Social Organizations PDF eBook |
Author | Min Ji |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2021-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783848780723 |
Chinese Diaspora Charity and the Cantonese Pacific, 1850–1949
Title | Chinese Diaspora Charity and the Cantonese Pacific, 1850–1949 PDF eBook |
Author | John Fitzgerald |
Publisher | Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | 236 |
Release | 2020-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9888528262 |
Chinese Diaspora Charity and the Cantonese Pacific, 1850–1949 sheds new light on the history of charity among Chinese overseas and its place in the history of charity in China and in the wider history of global philanthropy. It finds that diaspora charity, besides serving traditional functions of helping the sick and destitute and supporting development in China, helped to build trust among dispersed hometown networks while challenging color boundaries in host societies by contributing to wider social causes. The book shows that charitable activities among the “Gold Rush” communities of the Pacific rim—a loosely integrated émigré network from Guangdong Province perhaps better known for its business acumen and hard work among English-speaking settler societies in North America and Australasia—also led the way with social innovations that helped to shape modern charity in China. Fitzgerald and Yip’s volume demonstrates that charity lay at the heart of community life among Chinese communities overseas. From remittances accompanying letters to contributions to benevolent organizations, emigrants transferred funds in many different ways to meet urgent requirements such as disaster relief while also contributing to long-term initiatives like building schools or hospitals. By drawing attention to diaspora contributions to their host societies, the contributors correct a common misunderstanding of the historical Chinese diaspora which is often perceived by host communities as self-interested or disengaged. This important study also reappraises the value of charitable donations in the maintenance of networks, an essential feature of diaspora life across the Cantonese Pacific. “Fitzgerald and Yip’s fascinating collection is a major contribution to the growing study of charity and its relationship to social welfare. The essays show how remittances were used for much more than family support. The book fills a large gap on the almost unrecognized importance of charity among Cantonese communities in the Chinese diaspora.” —Diana Lary, University of British Columbia “This collection is a great contribution to our understanding of how important charity became among overseas Chinese in the early stages of the diaspora—between 1850 and 1949. Philanthropy was crucial in the creation of trust networks among the diasporic communities that earned Chinese recognition to the overseas communities both in China and in their host countries.” —Sue Fawn Chung, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The Governance of Chinese Charitable Trusts
Title | The Governance of Chinese Charitable Trusts PDF eBook |
Author | Hui Jing |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 233 |
Release | 2023-08-31 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1009327917 |