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Here are my notes from the meetup &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.meetup.com/Business-in-China/calendar/11417802/&quot;&gt;Non-Profit, Rural Development, Land Right, Microfinance in China&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; on Oct 7th, 2009 in Redwood City, California:
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A common theme is that the two presenting organizations are foreign NGOs(non-profit organization) in China, so they are not required to partner with local governments.   They hand-pick their local partners and provide better transparency on their funds  and operations in China.  In contract, local NGOs have to work with local governments which have little accountability.  Also, there&#039;s no tax saving for donors in China for charity-giving.
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