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Officials, Police Descend on Beijing NGO as New Law Takes Effect

Posted on 01/02/2017 by | Officials, Police Descend on Beijing NGO as New Law Takes Effect已关闭评论
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More than 100 migrant workers surrounded a government office and blocked highways in Qianjiang, in China’s central province of Hubei to protest unpaid wages, Feb. 2. RFA

Authorities in the Chinese capital have cut off the utilities and destroyed the central heating system of a prominent non-governmen organization (NGO) set up to help migrant workers, as a new law came into effect placing foreign-funded NGOs effectively under police control. Continue reading →

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China Passes Controversial Law on Foreign NGOs Despite Criticism

Posted on 04/30/2016 by | China Passes Controversial Law on Foreign NGOs Despite Criticism已关闭评论

By William Ide

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FILE – Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the closing session of the annual National People’s Congress in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, March 16, 2016.

BEIJING—China has passed a controversial law that imposes new rules on foreign non-governmental organizations and puts the registration and supervision of such groups under the control of public security authorities. Continue reading →

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