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02.22.20
Despite Government Assurances, Medical Workers in Hubei Say They Lack Supplies
Amid quickly changing news about the trajectory of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, on February 20, the Chinese government body overseeing the response to the epidemic announced that medical supplies adequate to combating the spread...
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09.10.15Guo Meimei, Chinese Web Celebrity, Gets 5-Year Sentence on Casino Charge
New York Times
A woman notorious for a lavish lifestyle while claiming to work for a charity was convicted of running a casino.
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08.06.14China’s Bizarre Fixation on a 23-Year-Old Woman
Foreign Policy
Guo Meimei is being used to represent all that's wrong with Chinese charities—and maybe China itself.
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08.04.14In Televised Confession, Guo Meimei Blames Vanity for Her Misdeeds
New York Times
Guo Meimei, whose name has come to be inextricably linked with the Chinese public’s distrust of official charities, was shown on CCTV state television on Sunday night confessing to having fabricated her association with the Red Cross Society of...
Media
09.11.13
Amid Scandals, Can China’s New Organ Transplant System Work?
The now oft-derided Chinese Red Cross once again found itself in hot water in July, when it was reported that some branches have asked organ transplant hospitals to pay 100,000 RMB ($16,300) for each successful organ donation organized by them. In...
Caixin Media
07.16.13
As Red Cross Probe Stumbles, Critics See Red
Two box lunches—and nothing more. Yuan Yue says that’s what the Red Cross Society of China has frugally handed out so far to each member of a special committee assigned to investigate the charity group’s finances.But critics of the special board...
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05.04.13
Earth Moves, China Rallies
Rapeseed was ripening in the lush fields ringing the village of Renjia when a local farmer, forced from his home, stepped into the sea of green stalks and pitched a tent.Less than a day earlier, the farmer and each of his more than 3,000 neighbors...
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04.30.13After Quake, Chinese Donors Seek Out Private Charities
New York Times
The Red Cross Society of China, a state-run organization that is one of the country’s largest charities, has yet to recover from a 2011 scandal that struck a serious blow to China’s nascent notions of philanthropy.
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12.28.12Desperate Cash Infusions Driving Blood Trade
The tumor was growing, and the family of cancer patient Xia Jianqing was growing desperate.Doctors at a military hospital in Beijing had warned Xia’s family that he would die without the blood needed for a lifesaving operation. But the hospital had...
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11.05.12
Thanks, But No Thanks
On the last day of Zhao Xiang’s short life, her request to donate every organ possible to save the lives of others was brushed off by the president of Shenzhen Liulian Hospital.Zhao, her parents, and transplant specialists from the Shenzhen branch...