New Foreign NGO Registrations in Beijing, Liaoning, and Guangxi

Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—June 1, 2017

on June 1, 2017

Today, the Beijing Public Security Bureau Foreign NGO Management Office granted representative office registration certificates to five more NGOs, including the Business Software Alliance (United States), The Nature Conservancy (United States), the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., and the Korean Copyright Commission.

Have a Question? Ask an Expert!

on May 31, 2017

Despite the Foreign NGO Law’s having been in effect for five months, foreign NGOs have many unanswered technical and procedural questions about operating in China. The China NGO Project is soliciting foreign NGOs’ outstanding questions, which we will transmit to the appropriate expert. We will publish a selection of questions and answers on our site in the hopes that other readers will benefit from the advice the experts offer.

Template for Foreign NGO-Chinese Partner Unit Memorandum of Understanding

Resource Document

on May 31, 2017

The Environmental Law Institute has shared a version of the document it recently created to formalize a temporary activity agreement with its Chinese Partner Unit. This template is is available here, so that other foreign NGOs can use it to create their own agreements with their Chinese Partner Units.

Activists Investigating Ivanka Trump’s China Shoe Factory Detained or Missing

on May 31, 2017

A labor activist working undercover investigating abuses at a Chinese factory that makes Ivanka Trump shoes has been detained by police and two others are missing, raising concerns the company’s ties to the U.S. president’s family may have led to harsher treatment.

Business, Law, Politics
Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump, Corruption, Detention

Trump May Turn to Vietnam for Help on South China Sea

on May 31, 2017

On Wednesday, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will be the first ASEAN leader to visit the White House since President Donald Trump’s election and the U.S. may look to tap into the emerging market’s friction with China.

Law, Military, Politics
China-Vietnam Relations, South China Sea, Donald Trump, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Washington D.C., ASEAN

China’s New Cybersecurity Law Leaves Foreign Firms Guessing

on May 31, 2017

As China moves to start enforcing a new cybersecurity law, foreign companies face a major problem: They know very little about it. The law — which was rubber-stamped by the country’s Parliament last year — is part of wide-ranging efforts by Beijing to manage the internet within China’s borders. Those efforts have been stepped up in the years since Edward J. Snowden, the whistle-blower and former American intelligence contractor, revealed that foreign technology firms could help governments spy.

Law
Cybersecurity, Beijing, Edward Snowden, European Union

Emirates Says Telling Cabin Crew Not to Wear Taiwan Flag Pins per China’s Request Was an ‘Error’

By Danny Lee on May 31, 2017

Emirates on Wednesday walked back an email ordering its Taiwanese cabin crew to remove the island’s flag from their uniforms following the Middle East airline’s decision to acquiesce to Beijing’s one-China policy.

Politics
China-Taiwan Relations, Beijing, Airlines, Middle East