How Difficult Is It to Obtain Government Information in China?

Dr. Yiyi Lu, Senior Research Fellow at the Beijing-based think tank ChangCe. During the height of the anti-Japan protests in China last year triggered by the Sino-Japanese territorial dispute over Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, a Chinese environmental NGO submitted a request for environmental pollution data to a provincial Environmental Protection Bureau. An official responded by telling the …

Social support from university students in China: Reflections on a charitable workshop at UNNC

By Dr. Bin Wu, Senior Research Fellow, China Policy Institute, The University of Nottingham UK. The establishment and development of social support networks are crucial for China to remove the barriers against the integration of rural migrant workers and their family members into urban communities. In this process, perhaps, how to mobilise and organise millions …