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What Obama’s win means for China

YES, WE DID! And I was there! Here’s a shot of the rally at Grant Park in Chicago, where an estimated 125,000 people showed up to support the Obama-Biden ticket: Obama’s decisive and historic victory in the U.S. presidential election brings many hopes and promises. What could his tenure in the White House mean for China’s environment? Bloomberg.com [...]

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ResponsibleChina Community: WikiCarbon, Wokai, Givology and CODE

Lots going on in the ResponsibleChina community this month. Here are some highlights I’d like to share: WikiCarbon The China Carbon Forum, a Beijing-based nonprofit professional network dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in China, has created a wiki community portal for those interested in the so-called “carbon market,” defined as all the “regulatory, financial, investment and trading [...]

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Social Venture Group: “Calling all of China’s Innovative Philanthropists”

Our second post from contributing blogger Carla Fernandez, who wrote about social entrepreneur Steve Koon in August. As China’s grassroots nonprofit sector gradually develops, the age-old question that plagues the industry worldwide sharpens in focus: Where can these nascent Chinese nonprofits secure funding to get the ball rolling and to keep their operations afloat? That’s where Shanghai-based Social [...]

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Liability, shmiability: The lack of legal responsibility regarding China’s tainted baby milk scandal

Courts Compound Pain of China’s Tainted Milk By Edward Wong The New York Times October 16, 2008 Tainted infant formula is the latest in a long string of food and drug safety problems that have exposed corruption and inefficiency among China’s regulators. But the problem goes well beyond the inability of regulators to police a huge, dynamic economy. Companies [...]

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Blog Action Day: Poverty and environmentalism

Here in my time zone, we have just a few more hours left of Blog Action Day 2008, where bloggers all over the world commit to covering one specific topic. This year, that topic is POVERTY. I wanted to examine the cross-section between poverty and environmentalism. And I won’t just focus on China because I believe [...]

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RespChi: Work in Progress

Notice anything different about our blog? Well, it's been just over a year since I started this site, and I think it's time for a bit of a makeover. You'll notice some snags and glitches and inconsistencies as I tweak some design elements...so please bear with me. In the meantime, be patient and stay tuned! Thank you!

Asides

• The Environmental Defense Fund is hiring a Green China Supply Chain Project Manager in its Beijing office. The job involves "leveraging the purchasing power of major global retailers like Wal-Mart to propel change in China." Pretty cool stuff. For more info, click here.
• AmCham Shanghai will host a lunch with Barbara Thomas Judge, Senior Advisor of Hill & Associates on Wednesday, September 24. She will discuss "the U.S. and UK views on corporate governance and how it is impacting corporate behavior both at home and abroad." To RSVP online, click here. On the same day, AmCham's CSR Committee will also host a presentation about building a strategy of CSR by William A. Swope, corporate vice president and general manager of Intel's Corporate Affairs Group. If you'd like to attend, click here.
• In case you didn't notice, ResponsibleChina.com is now being hosted through a "carbon-neutral" Web host, called Dreamhost. Read more about it here.