Bertram Lang on International Civil Society Organizations and China

January 16, 2020What are the implications of China’s growing global influence for the future work of International Civil Society Organizations (ICSOs)? How can organizations – such as Oxfam, Amnesty International, Save the Children or Transparency International – deal with China, Chinese partners and the Chinese Communist Party?In this episode of our MERICS Experts podcast, Bertram Lang, author of the recently released “Sector Guide” on China that was written on behalf of the International Civil Society Centre, is discussing these and other aspects of ICSOs and their relationship to China with Kerstin Lohse-Friedrich, Director of Communications at MERICS.Mr. Lang says that “against the recent backdrop of China’s human rights record, I was surprised how much will there is within International Civil Sociey Organizations to find ways of engaging and cooperating with China”