Media
08.06.14
The Bizarre Fixation on a 23-Year-Old Woman
On August 4, a 6.5-magnitude earthquake viciously struck Ludian County, a township in the southwest province of...
China’s Bizarre Fixation on a 23-Year-Old Woman
Guo Meimei is being used to represent all that's wrong with Chinese charities—and maybe China itself.
In Televised Confession, Guo Meimei Blames Vanity for Her Misdeeds
Guo Meimei, whose name has come to be inextricably linked with the Chinese public’s distrust of official charities, was shown on CCTV state television on Sunday night confessing to having fabricated her association with the Red Cross Society of...
Caixin Media
07.16.13
As Red Cross Probe Stumbles, Critics See Red
Two box lunches—and nothing more. Yuan Yue says that’s what the Red Cross Society of China has frugally handed out so far to each member of a special committee assigned to investigate the charity group’s finances.
But critics of the special...