Monday, September 19, 2016

NED Grants in China in 1997

According to the NED Annual Report for 1997, the following US Government funds were allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED for programs in China:

American Center for International Labor Solidarity - $433,327
To assist democratic unions and labor rights organizations in promoting worker and union rights in the greater China region.

Center for International Private Enterprise - $101,640
To enable the Chinese Economists Society to establish, in partnership with the Management School of Zhongshan University, the Private Enterprise Management Training Center in Guangzhou. The Center is specifically designed to meet the training needs of private entrepreneurs and managers.

Center for International Private Enterprise - $83,611
To support a symposium organized by the Chinese Economists Society to highlight the problems faced by private firms in China's inland regions and initiate a dialogue between private entrepreneurs and government officials on key reform issues.

Center for International Private Enterprise - $70,785
To support a private social-science research organization in Beijing. The organization studies social, economic, and political questions relating to bankruptcy of state enterprises. In addition, it organizes conferences and produces publications that encourage privatization and political liberalization.

Center for International Private Enterprise - $24,233
To support the Unirule Institute of Economics, a Beijing-based nongovernmental research organization that promotes the development of market economics in China. The Institute organizes biweekly symposia that bring together private entrepreneurs, academics, government officials, and journalists for discussion on China's transition to a market economy.

Center for Modern China - $55,000
To support a Chinese-language quarterly, Modern China Studies. The journal offers policy makers and intellectuals inside China access to independent analyses of issues pertinent to China's democratic transition. In addition, the assistance enables the Center to improve and expand its home page on the World Wide Web.

China Strategic Institute - $170,000
To conduct an in-depth study and analysis of constitutional-reform issues in contemporary China. The Institute publishes the resulting research papers in Chinese and Western academic journals and adapts them for public education through Chinese-language media.

Democratic China Magazine - $65,000
To support this Chinese-language magazine on the Internet. The magazine provides a forum for the views of Chinese democrats and promotes honest discussion of China's social and political problems. Democratic China informs Chinese about the theory and practice of democracy in other countries and regularly publishes articles from writers working inside China.

Foundation for China in the 21st Century - $30,000
To publish and distribute three Chinese-language books concerning the future of democratization in China. The books address the issues of nationalism and the prospects for democracy in China, including exploration of the institutional and constitutional framework necessary for democratization.

Human Rights in China - $150,000
To continue facilitating and strengthening the activities of human rights advocates in China. HRIC also publicizes the human rights situation in China via research, reporting, radio broadcasting, and an extensive website.

International Campaign for Tibet - $30,516
To enhance Chinese knowledge of Tibet and to foster discussion on democratic issues among influential Tibetan and Chinese individuals and organizations through conferences, symposia, and research programs.

International Republican Institute - $986,972
To support legislative, policy, and legal reform in China. The program supports electoral reform at the village level, legislative reform and public policy formation at the national and provincial levels, and legal reform at the municipal and provincial levels.

Laogai Research Foundation - $68,600
To document the harsh reality of China's labor-camp system. The Foundation exposes the abuses of the laogai system, its arbitrary nature, and the way in which prisoners, including political detainees, are exploited for profit.

Press Freedom Guardian - $45,000
To support this biweekly, Chinese-language newspaper. The newspaper provides a forum for the free exchange of information about democratization and the struggle for human rights in China. 

Princeton China Initiative - $40,000
To support China Focus, an English-language newsletter published by prominent Chinese democratic activists. The newsletter offers analysis of current developments and underlying trends in China that are not often reported in the mainstream press.

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