Sunday, August 21, 2016

NED Grants in China in 1996

Center for Modern China - $40,000
Publishing the Chinese-language quarterly Modern China Studies, which exposes policy makers and intellectuals inside China to independent social science analyses of issues relevant to China's transition to democracy.

China Strategic Institute - $130,000
For a study of constitutional reform by a network of 40 scholars and experts inside China, the publication of results in Chinese and Western media and academic journals, and the adaptation of these materials for public education through Chinese-language mass media.

Center for International Private Enterprise - $89,377
To hold a symposium by the Chinese Economists Society on reform of China's financial sector and development of the private sector in Guangdong at which enterprise executives, policy makers, and academics from inside China and abroad can participate in a series of site visits to financial institutions and enterprises in Guangdong.

Center for International Private Enterprise - $17,759
Enabling the Unirule Institute of Economics to continue a biweekly symposium that assembles private entrepreneurs, academics, government officials, and journalists for discussion on issues related to China's transition to a market economy.

Free Trade Union Institute - $359,393
Through the Asian American Free Labor Institute: for the monitoring of labor rights violations and dissemination of information on rights to workers in China; for the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions to retain member support after the Chinese takeover through contributions to public debate, regular distribution of a newsletter, and maintenance of their headquarters as a rallying point and resource center for democracy activists; and for a regional conference to expand cooperation among labor activists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao, and China.

Foundation for China in the 21st Century - $40,000
For the production and radio adaptation of three books in a series of Chinese-language scholarly publications entitled China in the 21st Century, which address Tibet, the 30th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution, and the relevance of Taiwan's democratic development.

Human Rights in China, Inc. - $150,000
Educating citizens about human rights principles and assisting those persecuted for the nonviolent exercise of their rights, collecting and disseminating up-to-the-minute information on China's human rights situation, and using un mechanisms to address systematic human rights violations.

International Republican Institute - $139,133
To conduct a survey in conjunction with the Association of Towns and Townships, a private voluntary organization in Beijing, to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of village-level government structures and to determine local governance training needs.

International Republican Institute - $587,816
Assisting the Association for Grassroots Governance and the Institute for Asia-Pacific Studies to train provincial and local-level election officials as multipliers; to train bankruptcy judges, guide them through a review of new commercial codes, and provide them with technical assistance on the operation and management of bankruptcy proceedings; to hold a conference on legal reforms; and to help the National People's Congress increase its capacity to draft and revise legislation.

Laogai Research Foundation - $73,600
To document and publicize conditions in the Laogai, including its arbitrary procedures and the way in which prisoners, including political detainees, are exploited for profit through the forced production of export goods.

Minzhu Zhongguo, Inc. - $65,000
For a Chinese-language monthly magazine on the Internet that provides a forum for the views of Chinese democrats worldwide and promotes a free discussion of China's social and political problems.

Press Freedom Guardian - $45,000
Publishing an independent, Chinese-language newspaper edited in California with a total distribution of 6,000 copies per issue, of which at least 500 copies enter China where they reach an estimated 6,000 more readers through hand-to-hand distribution.

Princeton China Initiative  $60,000
Publishing two magazines, one in English, China Focus, and one in Chinese, The Road, the latter of which has a circulation of 3,000, giving readers inside China access to ideas and information otherwise blocked by state censorship.

Tibet Fund - $39,000
To educate Tibetans in Tibet and in exile about current events and policy questions in their homeland through tapes, lectures, and films; and to organize dialogues between Tibetans in exile and Indian youth to increase support for the Tibetan cause in India.

Tibetan Youth Congress - $16,500
For office equipment including computers, a fax machine, and a photocopier to improve communication between the Executive Committee and the 57 international branches. 

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law - $60,000
To equip and train three additional local partners in China to expand the Law-on-Line project, a bilingual database of information and documentation on human rights laws and legal issues available on the Internet.

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