[COMMENTARY] Where are the NGOs in China’s Natural Disasters?

By Yu Fangqiang

 

The other night, a little after midnight, I was about to turn off my computer and go to sleep when
I noticed, with surprise, an article in China Development Brief’s Community Times: “Droughts in the Southwest
Test Emergency Response: Where are the NGOs?”

 

China has recently been hit by a number of natural disasters, including the epic
drought
in the southwest and an earthquake in Qinghai. After reading this
article, I had a few thoughts I had to share.

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