1995 NED Grants in China

According to the NED Annual Report for 1995, the following are details of US Government funds, allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED:

Center for International Private Enterprise $116,138
To enable the China Center for Economic Research to organize a lecture series and conference on reform analyzing the progress of China's transition to a market-based economy and new developments in economic reform.

Center for International Private Enterprise $67,971
To enable the Chinese Economists Society to organize a symposium highlighting the problems faced by state-run industries and offering ideas on market-based reforms.

Center for International Private Enterprise $16,198
To enable the Unirule Institute of Economics to organize biweekly symposia bringing together private entrepreneurs, academics, government officials, and journalists to discuss issues related to China's transition to a market economy, including reform of state-owned enterprises, economic and political globalization, and the development of civil society.

Center for Modern China $100,000
To support the publication of Modern China Studies, a bimonthly Chinese-language periodical; five Chinese-language books in the Center's series on the rule of law for publication and distribution within China; and the Journal of Contemporary China, an English-language journal.

The China Strategic Institute $30,000
To produce a series of studies and policy papers on solving pressing contemporary problems for circulation to selected policy makers in China.

Democratic China Magazine $65,000
To support continued publication and worldwide distribution of this Chinese-language bimonthly, which provides a forum for the uncensored views of Chinese democrats in exile and in China.

Free Trade Union Institute $435,753
To enable the Asian American Free Labor Institute to support the work of leading labor activists both inside China and in exile, including the monthly publication of the Chinese-language China Labour Bulletin; to cooperate with Hong Kong-based groups to document Chinese labor rights abuses, especially in the region around Hong Kong; to develop informational materials for workers in that area; and to strengthen the Confederation of Trade Unions, a key component of Hong Kong's democracy movement, by helping it upgrade its communications and research capabilities.

Human Rights in China $140,000
To support its human rights program, which involves a number of integrated activities: producing and distributing in China educational materials (including a twice-monthly radio program) about human rights concepts and practices, providing direct advice and support for victims of human rights abuses who seek redress under the legal system, distributing financial assistance to prisoners' families, gathering information directly from families in China, and releasing timely reports; and to work with international NGOs, the media, governments, and intergovernmental bodies in pressuring the Chinese government to improve its human rights record.

Human Rights in China $25,000
To support its Women's Rights Assessment Project, which provided an objective overview of women's human rights in China and was available at the UN-sponsored NGO Forum and World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995.

Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars $24,000
To support continued publication of its newsletter, which is distributed to its campus chapters and other student associations and sent out over the Internet.

International Republican Institute $538,506
To continue to promote electoral and legislative reform in China through local election training programs in Shandong province (the third most populous province in China, with 80 million voters) and through programs encouraging the reform of China's legislative process, the decentralization of legislative authority to the provinces, and the strengthening of independent policy institutes and of the national and provincial congresses.

Laogai Research Foundation $89,000
To continue its investigations into the laogai system of forced labor, incorporating information into a comprehensive Chinese-English database, publishing the annual Laogai Handbook, and broadly disseminating information through special reports, speeches, and information provided to the mass media.

Press Freedom Guardian $40,000
To support continued publication of this Chinese-language biweekly newspaper, which provides a forum for the free exchange of ideas about democratization.

Princeton China Initiative $55,000
To support its Chinese-language monthly publication, The Road; its English-language monthly publication, China Focus; and its program of information collection and analysis.

Tendency Quarterly $20,000
To support publication and distribution costs of this journal containing poetry, prose, social criticism, and political commentary not publishable in government-controlled outlets. 

Today Literary Magazine $20,000
To continue to publish uncensored fiction and literary criticism.

1994 NED Grants in China

According to the NED Annual Report for 1994, the following are details of US Government funds, allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED:

Center for International Private Enterprise - $141,253
To enable the Chinese Economist Society to cultivate public interest in market-oriented reform by producing a series of books on business administration, including accounting, business law, corporate finance, international business, management, management information systems and marketing.

Center for Modern China - $100,000
To support the publication and distribution within China of Chinese-language monographs on reform and books on rule of law, as well as the quarterly Journal of Contemporary China.

China Perspective, Inc. - $130,000
To support continued publication and distribution inside China of The Chinese Intellectual, a Chinese-language quarterly magazine that promotes the evolution of China toward an open and democratic society.

Democratic China - $60,000
To support continued publication and expanded distribution within China of this Chinese-language bi-monthly magazine dealing with the theory and practice of democracy.

Free Trade Union Institute - $430,472
To support the Asian American Free Labor Institute's "Greater China" program, which promotes worker rights in China; disseminates information on labor rights abuses; assists unions in Hong Kong in their efforts to strengthen democratic practices, and aids independent labor rights organizations in Taiwan.

Human Rights in China, Inc. - $155,000
To support a Human Rights Education and Assistance Project that provides support for victims of political persecution, produces and circulates materials informing Chinese citizens of their rights, and coordinates activities of non-governmental human rights organizations active in the region.

Human Rights in China, Inc. - $20,000
In preparation for the U.N. World Conference on Women to be held in Beijing in September 1995, to publicize abuses of women's rights in China, and to encourage greater participation of independent Chinese women in the conference-associated NGO Forum.

Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars -$10,000
To conduct a leadership training program to help Chinese student democrats living in the United States gain practical skills in strategic planning and organizing in preparation for their return to China.

Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars -$26,000
To support continued publication of its newsletter, distributed to Chinese students on campuses across the United States.

International Campaign for Tibet - $25,000
To enhance Chinese knowledge of Tibet by contributing articles about Tibet to newspapers and magazines within China and abroad; translating books about Tibet into Chinese; and facilitating a series of discussion meetings among key Chinese and Tibetan figures, focusing on bringing Chinese journalists and pro-democracy leaders together with Tibetan leaders in exile.

International Republican Institute - $176,779
To promote political and legislative reform, strengthen the legal infrastructure, and enhance the role of private voluntary organizations in Chinese political life, working with the Institute for Global Concern and the Institute of Legal Culture on policy formulation and comparative legislative research programs.

International Republican Institute - $103,165
To conduct a series of electoral reform and local governance training seminars in the Chinese province of Fujian.

Laogai Research Foundation - $60,000
To continue investigations into China's forced labor prison camps (laogai), and to publish an updated Laogai Handbook exposing the laogai system to the Chinese people and the world community.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - $24,653
To assist the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in conducting a leadership training program for Chinese democrats living in the United States to gain practical skills in strategic planning and grassroots organizing in preparation for their return to China.

Press Freedom Guardian - $38,000
For continued publication and distribution inside China of this Chinese-language bi-weekly newspaper covering the Chinese democracy movement.

Princeton China Initiative - $53,000
To enable this independent center for Chinese dissident intellectuals in exile to continue publication of a monthly newsletter, "China Focus," and to support a program of research and dissemination of information about China's democratic development.

Tendency Quarterly - $20,000
To support publication of this Chinese-language quarterly containing poetry, prose, social criticism and political observation, and including information about human rights violations against writers and artists in China.

Tibet Fund - $35,520
To distribute cassettes, videotapes and booklets on democracy inside Tibet, and among Tibetan exile communities in India and Nepal. 

Today - $20,000
To support continued publication of this Chinese-language literary quarterly.