Securitizing Overseas NGOs, Foundations and Thinktanks in China: Two Years of Implementation of a New Policy and Legal Framework
Thursday, April 11th, 2019
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, April 11, 2019 | 1:00PM - 3:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
We are now into the third year of implementation of a new law and framework for Chinese security governance of overseas NGOs, foundations and thinktanks in China — which already has one of the largest and most rapidly growing NGO and charitable communities in the world. This presentation analyzes these important policy and regulatory shifts in China in control and monitoring of the overseas NGO, foundation and thinktank sector, including the recent detention of a Canadian citizen in which this new framework has been mentioned, and draws some conclusions about the future work of these organizations in China.
Mark Sidel is Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and consultant for Asia at the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL). He was part of the team that opened the Ford Foundation office in Beijing in the late 1980s, has consulted widely with international donors and NGOs in China, including the Ford, Gates, Asia and other foundations, and has worked in China since 1972. He writes and speaks frequently on the nonprofit sector and philanthropy in China, India, Vietnam, and elsewhere in Asia.
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