He’s a Chinese government official. She’s a British lawyer. Together they publish a magazine that hopes to lift a veil of illegitimacy clouding a local NGO scene that’s thriving in a gray area of Chinese society.
Edited by Wang Liwei, vice-mayor of Guan County in Shandong Province, and Clare Pearson, a lawyer at the Beijing offices of DLA Piper, The Charitarian wants to encourage the local non-profit sector by informing NGOs about how to operate within government goal and guidelines. (more…)
The BBC television reporter asked if Obama had spent too long in one to one sessions with foreign leaders like Wen Jiabao at Copenhagen. I guarantee that China only moved on the transparency concessions because people like Obama took the time to approach Wen Jiabao at home in Beijing before the conference and then in a culturally appropriate manner at Copenhagen. Can you imagine what is like in an alien ‘parliamentary’ style plenary session conducted predominantly in English with jet-lag from China? You have to get close before you get critical in the Chinese culture. The fact that any deal was made at all in Copenhagen is thanks to Obama’s and Wen Jiabao’s efforts to understand each other. (more…)
Christy put a blindfold on Vimbayi and invited her to take her elbow. It was then up to Vimbayi to navigate her way around the teaching room. Vimbayi is fully sighted and normally very confident and outgoing but watching her timidly feel her way around the room, I realised just a fraction of what the kids who lose their sight must go through on a daily basis. Everyone in our group took turns with the blindfold and then Christy, the occupational therapist at the orphanage taught us how to use a guiding stick for the blind.
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