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Silicon Valley firms help China quake victims - San Jose Mercury News: "t serves foreign companies well to play the role of good corporate citizen
in China, where gaining favor with local Communist officials can pave the way for smoother business relations. It can showcase new technology in a nation growing at a rapid clip. But the primary motivation for most technology company workers was emotional: to do something constructive in the face of nature's fury."
Showing posts with label NPChinaEarthquake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NPChinaEarthquake. Show all posts
Friday, November 13, 2009
Monday, June 01, 2009
The State of Chinese Philanthropy a Year After the Killer Quake - Philanthropy.com
The State of Chinese Philanthropy a Year After the Killer Quake - Philanthropy.com: "The answers appear to be mixed, according to a recent Public Radio International program that examined those issues.
Philanthropic donations within China for the first quarter of this year were only a fraction of the giving recorded in the same period a year earlier—and that was before the earthquake. The economic downturn can be blamed for much of this but the program says, “another reason could be skepticism about how the earthquake money was spent.”"
Philanthropic donations within China for the first quarter of this year were only a fraction of the giving recorded in the same period a year earlier—and that was before the earthquake. The economic downturn can be blamed for much of this but the program says, “another reason could be skepticism about how the earthquake money was spent.”"
Monday, July 28, 2008
Philanthropy inChina: Thanks for the Offer, But … | Newsweek Periscope | Newsweek.com
Philanthropy inChina: Thanks for the Offer, But … | Newsweek Periscope | Newsweek.com: "Officials in China's devastated Sichuan province are getting a crash course in a novel concept: accepting philanthropy. Since the May 12 earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people and destroyed homes across the region, millions may have been lost because officials were leery of taking money from nongovernmental organizations and private donors. In just one county, Mianzhu, a team from McKinsey Greater China recovered $2.2 million in a single week, says Qiu Tian, project manager for the pro bono effort. Her team scoured the local government's departmental logbooks for unreturned phone calls, rang back 50 neglected donors and persuaded 15 of them to renew their offers."
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