Culture Shock! China - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette, 2nd Edition

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the government. This conditional tolerance leaves charitable
organisations in a precarious position, and many are careful
to steer clear of sensitive issues. It is yet another intricate
China dance.

Charitable Organisations

„ Care for Children (http://www.caringforchildren.org)

Provides foster care for children.

„ Rotary Club (http://www.rotary.org)

Offers humanitarian assistance and encourages high

ethical standards.

„ Junior Achievement (http://www.jachina.org)

Pairs business professionals with high school and college

students to act as career mentors.

„ Operation Smile (http://www.operationsmilechina.org)

Organises international doctors to team with local surgeons to

provide cleft palate surgery to children.

„ Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere)

(http://www.projecthope.org/where-we-work/china)

Provides health education and humanitarian assistance.

„ Roots and Shoots (http://www.janegoodall.org/youths)

Part of the Jane Goodall Institute, it encourages children to take

action to make the world a better place.

„ Shanghai Sunrise (http://www.shanghaisunrise.com)

Funds education for underprivileged children in Shanghai and

surrounding regions.

„ Special Olympics (http://www.specialolympics.org)

Assists the intellectually challenged to become physically fit,

respected community members through participation in

sports competitions.

„ Terry Fox Run (http://www.terryfoxrun.org)

Raises money for cancer research in the name of Terry Fox,

a Canadian who died at the age of 22 of cancer after raising

awareness and money by running 5,000 km.

„ The Smile Train (http://www.smiletrain.org)

Provides medical equipment, training and financial assistance

to enable local surgeons to perform cleft palate surgeries.