November 22nd, 2008 — policy
It seems that Chinese state media now have a new principle of reporting. That is “report the facts quickly, but be cautious on the causes behind the facts”（快讲事实，慎说原因）. I would like to regard it as one of the new strategies and skills of public relation which Chinese government learned from both the lessons of 2008 and the professional PR companies and experts.
Via guardian.co.uk, China tells state media to report bad news. Because that “It’s almost impossible to block anything nowadays when information can spread very quickly on the Internet.” “We also noticed that it will benefit us if we report the news first.”
Well, at least everyone noticed the power of Internet.
I just wonder if they are really effective, I mean, the skills of “spin doctor”.
Below is related article from Guardian:
The Chinese government is allowing the media to report on unrest in the hope it can manage the impact of bad news, Reuters has reported.
The decision appears to be a response to protests and disorder around the country, and to the speed at which stories spread on the internet.
Unusually detailed coverage of incidents such as a mass riot in Weng’an, Guizhou this summer - when 30,000 people took to the streets - has been published. There have been several articles this week about protests in Gansu and Chongqing, and today Xinhua reported on a mass petition by 400 people outside government offices in Beijing.
“The Chinese government has started to loosen its control on the negative information,” an academic source close to propaganda authorities told Reuters.
“They are trying to control the news by publicising the news.
“The central government has permitted local authorities to publicise negative news themselves, with no need to report to upper governments any more.
“They have a principle of ‘report the facts quickly, but be cautious on the causes behind the facts’.”
Tight controls on reporting mean that even when the media is initially allowed to cover a subject in detail, it is often reined in later.
There was unprecedented coverage of the May earthquake in Sichuan, but after a week or so questions about sensitive issues such as why so many schools collapsed were deemed off limits.
A blackout on bad news during the Beijing Olympics in August contributed to the delayed reporting of milk tainted with melamine that ultimately killed at least four babies and hospitalised thousands.
But the regime is finding that the internet can spread information - or rumours - as fast as censors can delete comments.
A party official told Reuters: “It’s almost impossible to block anything nowadays when information can spread very quickly on the Internet.
“We also noticed that it will benefit us if we report the news first.”
Last week, Xinhua reported that Li Changchun, China’s propaganda chief and one of nine members of the Politburo standing committee, had urged China’s media to report “more original, timely and popular stories” and to enhance their domestic and international influence.
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November 7th, 2008 — culture, society, users
Below are lots of news story about the official sex harassment scandal in Shenzhen:
Official who misbehaved with 11-yr-old girl, sacked
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Official_who_misbehaved_with_11-yr-old_girl_sacked/articleshow/3682067.cms>
Times of India, India
BEIJING: For three days, a large section of internet users saw video clips of a senior official fondling a scared 11-year old girl at a restaurant in the *…*
Shenzhen official cleared of child molestation charge
<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/06/content_7178318.htm>
China Daily, China - Nov 5, 2008
By Chen Hong (China Daily) Shenzhen - Police here said on Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence to show Lin Jiaxiang, former Party chief of the *…*
Investigation: Sacked China official was drunk, not child molester
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/06/content_10313508.htm>
Xinhua, China - Nov 5, 2008
SHENZHEN, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) — An investigation has found that an incident in which a former official grabbed a young girl was “drunken misbehavior” not *…*
Abusive Chinese official sacked after
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24607197-2703,00.html>
The Australian, Australia - Nov 5, 2008
INTERNET outrage has forced the dismissal of a senior Chinese Communist Party official after video footage from a restaurant security camera showed him *…*
Fired After Web Outrage
<http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Chinese-Official-Fired-Over-Assault-On-Girl-After-Internet-Outrage/Article/200811115142045?lpos=World_News_News_Your_Way_Region_4&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15142045_Chinese_Official_Fired_Over_Assault_On_Girl_After_Internet_Outrage>
Sky News, UK - Nov 4, 2008
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! A Chinese official accused of attacking an 11-year-old girl *…*
Chinese official sacked over attack on girl, 11
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/05/china-lin-xiaxiang-communist-party>
guardian.co.uk, UK - Nov 4, 2008
A high-ranking Chinese official has been sacked for accosting a young girl while drunk, the state media reported yesterday, after an internet storm over his *…*
Chinese Communist Party Official Dismissed After Alleged Assault *…*
<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,446924,00.html>
FOXNews - Nov 4, 2008
The closed-circuit video shows a disput between the girl’s father and the Chinese official. A senior Chinese Communist Party official was dismissed after he *…*
Chinese official accused of assaulting girl tracked down by mass *…*
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3378456/Chinese-official-accused-of-assaulting-girl-tracked-down-by-mass-web-search.html>
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Nov 4, 2008
A government official accused of assaulting a girl in a restaurant has become the latest victim of a new Chinese internet phenomenon. *…*
Chinese official sacked after web video triggers outrage over *…*
<http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5077899.ece>
Times Online, UK - Nov 4, 2008
Internet outrage has triggered a police inquiry and the dismissal of a high ranking Chinese Communist official after video footage showing him shoving the *…*
Online uproar in China as drunken official grabs girl
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i264fK6eg7UPi4EkwMuU98Uy-CNg>
AFP - Nov 3, 2008
BEIJING (AFP) — Video footage of a Chinese official’s drunken attempt to force himself on an 11-year-old girl has triggered a police inquiry and a torrent *…*
China: Official fired for drunkenly grabbing girl
<http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225715332110&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Nov 3, 2008
By AP A Communist Party official in the southern Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen has been fired for accosting a young girl while drunk, state media said *…*
<http://www.news.com.au/comments/0,23600,24600476-5014239,00.html>
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Nov 3, 2008
By staff writers and wires A CHINESE official has been sacked after web users identified him in an online video allegedly showing a man attempting to molest *…*
Shenzhen marine official sacked for molesting child
<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/04/content_7169949.htm>
China Daily, China - Nov 3, 2008
By Chen Hong (China Daily) SHENZHEN — Lin Jiaxiang, the Party secretary of the Shenzhen marine affairs bureau has been sacked for molesting a young girl *…*
China sacks drunk official outed on Internet
<http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4A22NN20081103>
Reuters - Nov 3, 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s ministry of transport has fired an official in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen after photos and video clips of his drunken *…*
Official in Shenzhen sacked over public drunken behavior
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/03/content_10301000.htm>
Xinhua, China - Nov 3, 2008
BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — The Ministry of Transport announced on Monday that a local official in Shenzhen had been sacked over drunken behavior in public. *…*
Fired minister cleared of molestation
<http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/05/Fired_minister_cleared_of_molestation/UPI-24371225937493/>
United Press International - Nov 5, 2008
SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 5 (UPI) — A former Chinese government official who grabbed a young girl was drunk, an investigation found. *…*
Video: Chinese official accused of assaulting girl, 11, is sacked *…*
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1083303/Video-Chinese-official-accused-assaulting-girl-11-sacked-internet-video-shows-restaurant-scuffle-father.html>
Daily Mail, UK - Nov 5, 2008
By Mail Foreign Service A senior Chinese official has been sacked after an internet video showed him fighting the father of an 11-year-old girl the official *…*
China’s Internet Zorros
<http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/11811-chinas-internet-zorros>
The Malaysian Insider, Malaysia - Nov 4, 2008
BEIJING, Nov 5 — You could call it the “People’s War” version 2.0. That clarion call to mass mobilisation Mao Zedong used in revolutionary China has found a *…*
Lin Jiaxiang is Shenzhen Pervert <http://celebrity.rightpundits.com/?p=4586>
Right Celebrity, CA - Nov 4, 2008
By Jeanette Meet Lin Jiaxiang, a communist party official from Shenzhen, China. See photos, video and read a biography of Lin Jiaxiang below. *…*
Official tried to pay girl’s family
<http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200811/20081105/article_379491.htm>
Shanghai Daily, China - Nov 4, 2008
By Lydia Chen | 2008-11-5 | NEWSPAPER EDITION AN official who was sacked on Monday for an alleged attempt to molest a young girl in Shenzhen offered *…*
Chinese official sacked for allegedly grabbing 11-year-old girl *…*
<http://news.trend.az/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1336548&lang=EN>
TREND Information, Azerbaijan - Nov 3, 2008
State media is reporting that a Communist Party official in southern China has been sacked for allegedly accosting a young girl while drunk, the Associated *…*
Official sacked for attack on girl
<http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200811/20081104/article_379359.htm>
Shanghai Daily, China - Nov 3, 2008
By Lydia Chen | 2008-11-4 | NEWSPAPER EDITION THE Ministry of Transport has sacked a government official in southern China’s Shenzhen City after he held an *…*
Sexual harassment Shenzhen official in trouble on the Internet *…*
<http://www.danwei.org/internet_culture/sexual_harassment_shenzhen_off.php>
Danwei, Hong Kong - Nov 2, 2008
In the last few days, China’s energetic Internet users have identified an official accused of sexually harassing an 11year-old girl in a restaurant in *…*
Official in strife after ‘grabbing’ young girl
<http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200811/20081103/article_379260.htm>
Shanghai Daily, China - Nov 2, 2008
By Lydia Chen | 2008-11-3 | NEWSPAPER EDITION A SHENZHEN City government official is under investigation after he held an 11-year-old girl around the neck *…*
Sacked official to avoid charges
<http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=379647&type=National>
Shanghai Daily, China - Nov 5, 2008
By Li Xinran | 2008-11-6 | NEWSPAPER EDITION THE official who was sacked over an alleged attempt to molest a girl in south China’s Shenzhen city will not be *…*
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September 8th, 2008 — industry
A report titled with “This Year, Next Year: China Media Forecasts 2008″ was released by GroupM, a global media investment management operation, in 21 July 2008. There are some conclusions drawn by the report below:
- Growth in 2007 was relatively restrained, as many marketers are conserving funds for the anticipated Olympic bonanza in Q3 this year. The Beijing Olympics will accelerate media investment growth to 22% in 2008.
- How the slower global growth will affect China is hard to tell. Domestic demand and manufacturing output are still booming. Media investment driven by local and multinational advertisers continues to keep pace and grow spectacularly across all sectors.
- We are confident of a strong media investment growth in our 2009 forecast as demand in China becomes a more important source of growth for global giants and indigenous Chinese companies focused on brand-building. However hard the comparatives may be in 2009 and however strong the imperative for the incoming US administration to rein in its imbalances, China media investment will
still have Expo 2010 (in China for the first time) to look forward to.
- Television continues to dominate media investment in China with a high revenue share in 2008, and thus sets the pace of the total media investment.Cable DTV in China develops rapidly. Penetration varies by city. SARFT wants all cities in China to be digital by 2010. Most cities in China are in the early stages of growth, but the growth rate is extremely high.
- China has as many as 228.5 million Internet users, easily surpassing US to be the world’s biggest Internet community. It is thus not surprising that Internet is the fastest-growing advertising medium with high revenue growth expected in 2008 and 2009.
- Among the emerging media formats in China, mobile and LCD screens deserve mention. The combined advertising spend on these is likely to grow at higher pace than the Internet.
“The China media market will continue to be among the most exciting and challenging in the world. Due to its size and diversity, China is no longer seen by marketers as a single market, but a collection of evolving, complex and differing markets. Advertiser options multiply correspondingly, especially in digital, events, sponsorship and other branded content opportunities, all offering new ways to reach and engage with consumers. This may come as a surprise to those who might not normally associate choice with China.” said Sara Si, General Manager, GroupM Knowledge Center, China.
you can download the resource .pdf file here, for Chinese version, here.
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May 19th, 2008 — aggregate, society
How to donate for Sichuan China in the earthquake? All informations below are copied from: CNRviews.com：
photo (h/t ifgogo.com, zuosa.com)
There has been a tremendous outpouring of energy from the blogosphere and on Twitter to determine the best way to help out. This post provides a guide to how you can donate toward China earthquake relief efforts. We’ve now compiled over 35+ ways to give. Please add comments and links and I will keep this post updated. A SlideShare version of this post was also created by Oliver Ding.
I. Red Cross and various conduits
There is widespread consensus that donating to the Red Cross is the most reliable way to provide immediate disaster relief. Tuesday night BJ time, Bill Bishop (Niubi) hosted an auction with 15 mostly Chinese friends, and the consensus was the best way to give is to provide funds directly to the Sichuan provincial Red Cross. The next best option would be to give to the national Red Cross of China.
“With how much media attention is given, [people believe there will be] lot less graft than in the past. This is unprecedented media coverage in China,” said Bill. “We are watching the evolution of the Chinese government before our eyes. Ideally, so much coverage and press will provide less opportunity for graft” and more funds reach the victims.
CNReviews believes that the unprecendented press coverage, including that of the state agencies, is helping people overcome fears that their funds will be misused. There is some discussion that international aid agencies believe the Chinese crisis is being relatively well handled compared to Myanmar such that they should shift their focus to Myanmar.
1. Red Cross Society of China
Details on Shanghaiist, Reuters (h/t @Chinafubar), China Crossroads, and Alibaba (EN):
- RMB wire instructions
- foreign currency wire instructions
- hotline
- Note: many people have reported problems with their Website.
1.5 Chinese Red Cross Foundation (in Chinese)
Details on IfGoGo.com
2. Red Cross Society of China Chengdu City
3. American Red Cross
CNReviews interview with Christy Feig, Director of International Communications, American Red Cross, 5/13.
Post is coming soon. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:
Q: Is there a way to make a directed donation toward China specifically?
A: Yes. If you would like to designate your donation to the earthquake please visit our website at www.redcross.org or call 1-800 RED CROSS. If you would prefer to donate to all our international disaster response, the option of giving to the International Response Fund is also available.
Q: Does 100% of funds donated pass to the Red Cross Society of China?
A: The American Red Cross takes donor intent very seriously. As a policy, no more than 9% of donated money is used for management expenses…the rest goes toward the designation.
Based on my interview, I feel comfortable donating to the American Red Cross with a specific designation to China. For more info, go to the American Red Cross website.
4. Canadian Red Cross (h/t China Web 2.0 blog)
A separate fund has been established for the China earthquake, according to China Web 2.0 blog.
4.3 British Red Cross (h/t sichunlam.com)
4.5 Hong Kong Red Cross (h/t IfGoGo.com Donation Guide)
5. Jet Li One Foundation (Outside China)
From China Web 2.0 blog:
You can make donation via Paypal to Jet Li One Foundation, a charity foundation by Kung Fu movie star Jet Li. The donations will goes to Red Cross Society of China. The page is all in Chinese, but I think you can find the Paypal button on the right. But it seems you cannot specify the donation is special for earthquake when paying through Paypal
6. Jet Li One Foundation (Inside China) (h/t China Web 2.0 blog)
- via Taobao with Alipay or Tenpay account
- or via QQ
II. Other Aid Organizations
7. China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) or China Fupin Foundation
中国扶贫基金会 (Beijing)
Donate RMB
* Account Name: 中国扶贫基金会
* Account Number: 8145-11681908091001
* Bank Name and Banch: 中国银行北京科技会展中心支行
Donate Clothes and Food, etc
* Address: Floor 5, South Building, Shuangyuxili, Haidian, Beijing |北京市海淀区双榆树西里36号南楼五层
* Tel: 010-62655199
* Working hour: 8:30am - 9pm
8. Shanghai Charity Foundation
上海慈善基金会
website: http://scf.88547.com/home/
Donate RMB
* Account Name: 上海市慈善基金会
* Account Number: 033351-00043984343
* Bank Name and Banch: 农行黄浦区陆家浜路支行
Donate Clothes and Food, etc
* SCF HQ: Floor 6, 88 Zhiizaoju Rd. 制造局路88号6楼 |62584343、63124091
* SCF Logistics Center (Puxi): No. 164, # 405 Lane, Zhengning Rd.| 镇宁路405弄164号 52394294
* SCF Logistics Center (Pudong): 2795 Middle Yanggao Rd |杨高中路2795号 62124343
* SCF Education Aid Dept: 80 Shanxibei Rd.| 陕西北路80号 62560695
Working hour: 9am - 9pm (Monday - Sunday)
9. China Women Development Foundation (with Sohu.com)
中国妇女发展基金会
Website: http://www.cwdf.org.cn
Donate RMB or foreign currencies via bank transfer。
- Account Name:中国妇女发展基金会
- Bank:中国工商银行北京市分行东四南支行
- Account Number: 0200001009014423956
- Remarks: 抗震救灾捐款 Donate for Sichuan Earthquake Relief
The foundation will mail you the receipt afterwards. And the report (in Chinese) also says the donation is tax-refundable. But the detail process didn’t include.
10. China Children & Teenagers Fund (CCTF, 中国少年儿童基金会)
Website: http://www.cctf.org.cn/English/index.htm
CCTF has formed a charity foundation for earthquake relief with with China Merchant Bank (CMB). Source from Sohu.
- Account Number：0582626510001
- Account Name：中国儿童少年基金会
- Bank：招商银行北京分行长安街支行
You might also find regular international donation information to CCTF here with SWIF code.
11. World Vision
Through World Vision, I’ve sponsored one child in Tanzania for 10+ years, and one child in Kenya for 1+ years, so I know World Vision well.
Interviewed Jeff Wright, Sr. Program Officer for Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs, 5/13
Blog post coming soon, but here’s a quick synopsis:
- World Vision has been operating in China since 1962. Operating legally with some kind of government approval
- Primary country office in Beijing, with support office in Hong Kong, and regional offices in Yunnan, Gansu, and Shaanxi provinces
- Has existing national offices with large local Chinese staff
- Staff is not full-time focused on disaster recovery, but serving in other development projects like HIV/AIDS and agriculture, but all have training in disaster response
- World Vision has sought to be effective through “pre-positioning” of three key assets: people, relief supplies/materials, and funding.
- Funds have already been set aside to provide rapid relief
- Clear and stringent operational guidelines for WorldVision volunteers or employees to directly deliver aid to the victim or “end user”
12. Care for Children (CFC)
China consultancy Dezan Shira has been supporting this organization (h/t This is China! blog). On the Dezan Shira blog, China Briefing, they write:
CFC works with the Sichuan and Chengdu Civil Affairs government for disadvantaged children in: Chengdu, Guangyuan, Deyang, Zamtang, Maoxian, Neijiang, Zigong, Bazhong, Mianyang and Yibin in Sichuan Province in addition to Chongqing City.
On this difficult occasion we would like to ask our subscribers, readers, and other members of the China blogging and business community to rally together and show their support of the Chinese children caught up in this disaster by making a donation, no matter how large or small, to CFC in assistance of their regional work. All money raised will be directed to support children and their families affected by the earthquake.
13. PledgeBank challenge (h/t Rconversation)
Rebecca MacKinnon (at Rconversation) is challenging people via Facebook and Twitter to sign her PledgeBank to commit to giving. I signed up for this. Here’s what she recommends:
14. Global Giving (h/t ChristineLu.com)
Global Giving is a 501(c)3 tax-deductable organization that highlights vetted projects.
15. Mercy Corps (listed in Global Giving, IfGoGo.com)
16. Half the Sky Foundation
III. Other Sources
China Crossroads
Richard Brubaker’s China Crossroads blog lists a number of other options. I added links and tried to conform names to the official names (but might have guessed wrong):
17. China Charity Foundation (same as 28 below?)
18. Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)
19. China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) (wikipedia)
20. Project Hope China (wikipedia) or 21. Project Hope US
- Mercy Corps (see above)
- Habitat 4 Humanity (Only if they announce China program)
22. Donating via China Mobile (Inside China)
According to the Mukokuseki blog (@Papajohn):
One of my coworkers sent a fast and easy way to donate money to the relief efforts ongoing in Sichuan province. If you have a China Mobile phone, just text a number between 1 and 30 to 10699988, and the corresponding amount will be deducted from your China Mobile account balance and donated. I just tried it and got this message in response:
成功捐款30元。感谢您对地震灾区奉献爱心，我们相信爱心将驱走灾难带来的黑暗，使他们迅速从废墟中勇敢地重新站立起来。询01065630527。
It’s nice to see ubiquitous technology put to work for a good cause.
23. Isaac Mao
Isaac is working on identifying an NGO to support. More on this later.
24. Douban: 目前为止所有捐助方式汇总
More donor resources here
25. Contribute to Red Cross via Yeepay (inside China)
26. Doron Vermaat of NewChinaCareer.com
We have uploaded several banners to the homepage of NewChinaCareer asking our visitors to support emergency relief efforts to help those affected by this earthquake. We currently link these banners directly to the donation form of the Red Cross website: American Red Cross China Earthquake relief fund.
IfGoGo.com Donation Guide
The blogging team at IfGoGo.com has also listed many other options. I’ve integrated their suggestions above wherever possible. Here are some more suggestions from them:
27. Chinese Consulate in New York (for US givers)
- see Method 1 on IfGoGo for instructions
- method: via US check
- address provided
- phone number provided
- Consulate website (in Chinese)
28. China Charity Foundation
- see Method 4 on IfGoGo for instructions
- also mentioned by China Crossroads (see above)
- wire instructions provided
- China Charity website (in Chinese)
29. OxFam Hong Kong
30. Bullog via PayPal
- see Method 8 on IfGoGo
- IfGoGo: “Bullog, a famous right-wing web forum in China, founded by Yonghao Luo.”
- online donation link
31. MITBBS
- see Method 9 on IfGoGo
- MITBBS website
- PayPal instructions provided on IfGoGo
- Note from IfGoGo on tax deductability: “Note that MITBBS/Bullog are both popular and high-ranked BBSs among Chinese community, they are doing everything they can do to help the victims in the earthquake, but keep in mind that they are not a non-profit/tax free agency. [If you want a tax-exempt receipt. this might not be a good choice]”
32. Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network (on IfGoGo as SVNT)
33. 1kg.org (h/t Web 2.0 Review)
- main website
- CNReviews profile of Andrew Yu and 1kg
- relief special website (Chinese)
- Web 2.0 Review description: “1kg has set up a special site to offer relief efforts, including collecting information about schools in epicenter, organizing relief activities, and helping to provide necessary resource to rebuild schools”
34. Library Project (h/t co-blogger @DavidFeng at CityWeekend’s Beijingologist blog)
- Library Project homepage
- Library Project China Earthquake project page
- description from the project page: “The Library Project has created a program, “Project: Earthquake Relief”, to help rebuild the educational system that was affected as a result of the earthquake. It is projected that hundreds of elementary schools have been damaged in the Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces. The Library Project will be providing educational resources for the displaced children attending temporary schools.”
35. Samaritan’s Purse
People’s Daily (h/t Shanghaiist) announces Franklin Graham donation:
American evangelist Franklin Graham yesterday donated 2 million yuan ($285,000) to help the victims of the Wenchuan earthquake.The CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, established by and named after his father, and the international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, said from Shanghai that in the days and weeks ahead, he and his organizations will do all they can to help.
36. Give2Asia / Committee of 100 Earthquake Relief Fund (h/t Cup of Cha)
37. AmeriCares (h/t @ChrisBrogan)
38. Jackie Chan Charities China Earthquake Fund (h/t shuaijiao.tv)
39. Tzu Chi Foundation (h/t Kevin @ Stanford)
- From Kevin: The Tzu Chi Foundation is an international humanitarian NGO with experience in disaster relief and reconstruction, particularly in Asia. Volunteers are already on the ground in Sichuan distributing aid, including blankets, food and medicine, and it is one of the few groups the PRC government has authorized to bring in outside aid workers (from Taiwan). It coordinated with the Red Cross and others to bring in two planes of relief supplies to Chengdu.
- Tzu Chi Foundation website (English)
- Tzu Chi Foundation website (Chinese)
- credit card hotline, check, and wire transfer instructions on the website
40. Beijing Bookworm donation drive (Jenny Niven)
Chinese Websites helping collect donations online (h/t ChinaVortex)
ChinaVortex highlights the following websites making online donations easy for Chinese:
- Tianya
- Shanda
- The9
- Giant Interactive
IV. SlideShare, Badges and Widgets
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More to come…last updated 5/15 10:35 pm BJ time
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May 17th, 2008 — aggregate, society, users
From Tangos:
Regarding tsunami of late 2004, Richard MacManus of Read/Write Web has summarized three ways that people used the Web in response to the disaster:
1) as a constantly updated source of news about the disaster;
2) as a way for ordinary people to respond emotionally;
3) and probably most importantly, to organize aid efforts.
In this post, we try to collect the ways how Chinese Internet users take the web to provide news updates and offer relief efforts.
Source of news. At the beginning of the earthquake, we can only rely on main stream media and web portals to get news about the quake. But when more and more rescuers and volunteers reached the epicenter to offer help, much more user generated content can be found online, which enable us to know more about the aftermath.
You can easily find many photos and text reports by users in Sichuan Province in various BBS, such as Tianya, Xici.net and Baidu Tieba. Especially, since Baidu Tieba is a keyword-based BBS, that’s Baidu Tieba has a board for each keyword, so you can use the name of the county in epicenter to enter a dedicated discuss board on that county, such as Wenchuan and Beichuan, to get information.
Besides general BBS, people also discuss and exchange info in SNS, such as Douban, and in IM groups, both QQ and Baidu Hi has dedicated groups for earthquake; they use blogs, and microblogging tools, such as Twitter, Fanfou to share information; and they upload videos. Besides video uploaded by users, PPLive, a p2p video streaming site, partners with various TV channel to bring live TV reports about earthquake online.
Pray and bless. People in China express their prayers and blessings to victims of earthquake in BBS, widgets and IM. Almost all main web portals have message board for users to express their prayers and blessings; Feedsky has a blessing widget ready to be add to blogs.
MSN China initiated an MSN Messenger campaign called Rainbow, you can add “(R)” before your MSN Messenger screen-name, which will display a rainbow icon, to express your blessings. (via Danwei). Actually, it is not only a blessing, for each signature, MSN China and Guangzhou Toyota will donate 0.1 yuan separately to a fund for rebuilding the school destroyed by the quake.
In additional to news source and blessing, it is more important to use web to provide aid and relief efforts.
People Finder: Though Baidu Tieba and QQ both have a message board dedicated for users to find people and seek help, it is more convenient to use people finder tool of Sina and Netease. Google China just launched a useful tool which enables users to search people information in various BBS, so you need not to check each main BBS to find people.
Online donation: Almost all sites call for donations. Users of Taobao.com and QQ can use Alipay and Tenpay to donate online. When I write this post, QQ users have donated over 10 million yuan. Some other third-party online payment solution providers also support online donations, such as 99Bill and Yeepay.
Taobao launch a campaign, call for sellers of Taobao to join and sell goods, then donate at least 50% of their proceeds.
Alimama encourage its users, most are webmaster of their website, to replace ads on their websites into an images ad to call for donation. By May 15, over 500k donation ads have been online on Alimama’s affiliated website.
If you want to donate, check this post to find the best way for you.
Organize aids: Web is also effective in spreading information and organizing aids efforts among users. Alibaba encourages its users, almost all of them are manufacturers or service providers, to donate not only cash, but also various goods needed in disaster zone. Blogbus let users to register their information for blood donation when needed. On many BBS, you can also easily find posts which people are planning various kinds of aid initiatives.
NGO is a very important force for disaster aid. NGO Aid blog keeps updating latest news of aids efforts by NGO across China. 1kg, a grassroot NPO in China which is dedicated to build a volunteer network to help kids in remote area to have better education, (CNReviews.com has a good profile about 1kg), has set up a special site to offer relief and aids efforts, including collecting information about schools in epicenter, organizing relief activities, and helping to provide necessary resource to rebuild schools.
Collaborative translation: Immediately after the earthquake, users of Yeeyan.com, the collaborative translation community, started to translate related earthquake guides from FEMA, they’ve finished Earthquake Search Strategy and Tactics, and Earthquake Safety Checklist, and are working on Epidemics After Natural Disasters. After the translation, many users distributed the guide through various BBS and website.
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