China
The New York Times is reporting that two elderly Chinese women have been sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" after they repeatedly sought a permit to demonstrate in one of the official Olympic protest areas.
The women, ages 79 and 77, one of whom is said to be nearly blind, visited the police at least five times this month in hopes of obtaining permission to protest what they argued was inadequate compensation for the demolition of their homes in Beijing. Their homes were just two of hundreds flattened to make way for a redevelopment project.
Submitted by arial_ride on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 21:24.
The fundraiser will be helping one person, but it will also be spreading the word about Tiananmen Square through our website. Not many people in middle/high school realize the history of that place, so our club is going to be educated through research and documentaries, and then we'll pass on the knowledge.
Submitted by dreampower101 on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 11:15.
Sino Scholar is a non-profit project supported by a Michigan high school club, Sino Club. We seek to lend a hand to those half-way around the world by supporting children in poverty to obtain opportunities to go to school. In the summer 2007, we gave $25 to two students each, making them able to attend school for the entire year! After seeing the impact of that small sum, we hope to expand our cause and reach even more students this year and allow our fellow sisters and brothers around the school continue to be students.
Submitted by mariaholland on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:41.
Engineers Without Borders is a non-profit, humanitarian organization committed to partnering with developing communities worldwide to implement sustainable engineering projects. At the University of Tulsa, our chapter has started a project entitled "Sustainable Energy for North East Asia". We are working in China's Jilin province with an American NGO that is trying to teach the local people sustainable, organic agriculture practices.
Jilin is a rural province in northeast China, next to Russia and North Korea.
Submitted by infairystyle on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 19:03.
we decide to contact a school or more in china to become a environmental sister school with my high school-Grimsley High School. which we can send photos or videos from each school to see how each school conserve their own city/school/...
Submitted by Tomg4103 on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 22:50.
During the Summer of 2007, a friend (21 years old) and myself (22 years old) traveled to Tibet together to teach english at an orphanage. during our stay, we saw how the school utilized a very sanitary mini-landfill, and kept their water source and waste systems very well separated. The nearest town from the orphanage (maybe 4 miles) had a much more devastating situation. Trash clogged the waterways, there was no waste removal systems or landfills. The very holy mountain the town was at the base of was also littered with trash, even from the monks!
Submitted by xwzhang on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 18:01.
1. Local Needs:
Suzhou, a thousand-year-old Chinese city of tranquility and beauty, is experiencing some of the world's most rapid economic and social transformations. While modern skyscrapers increasingly dominate the skyline, new problems arise at the same pace.
Firstly, there is a widening socioeconomic gap between the wealthy and the poor. Albeit a symptom widely seen across China, the disparity reaches its worst in the fast-developing, coastal city of Suzhou.
Submitted by dsgeng on Sat, 06/09/2007 - 15:38.
The Rural China Education Foundation (RCEF) strives to empower rural teachers to develop community-based education that prepares children for life and for contribution to community development. We envision renewing the meaning, contents and methods of rural education so that instead of serving as an escape route away from rural problems, they work for the betterment of rural society and create citizens with a sense of agency and social responsibility for improving rural China from within.
Submitted by coolsooner2004 on Wed, 05/02/2007 - 00:07.
A Taste of China will be held at the Oklahoma History Museum in cooperation with the Asia Festival on May 19th. It will play host to a variety of projects dealing with China. Casady School students are organizing the event. Sophomore John Vincent is a transfer student from China. He will be teaching Chinese calligraphy using t-shirts. He will need a supply of brushes, ink, and t-shirts. Freshman Sarah Cox went on an Orchestra trip to China over spring break. She will be hosting a DVD she made about her trip to China and showing souvenirs from her trip.
