China: Charity Campaign

Zhaomu blogs about a recent charity campaign in Wei-hai in Shandong province. Within 10 days, the city government managed to get RMB20 millions , and companies and corporates have agreed to donate 1 billion. The campaign is a most effective one. However, there are reports disclosing that ordinary workers are forced by danwei (work unit) to donate up to one third of their salary because of the campaign! (zh)The blogger invite discussion on this Chinese style charity campaign.

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