Photo Gallery Helping Those Left Behind in China
They represent workers without rights, autistic children and the environment. The Communist Party eyes them suspiciously, but allows them to exist -- so long as they make no political demands. China's nascent non-governmental organizations are beginning to help those left behind by the country's economic boom.
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng was arrested after recording complaints by Chinese villagers of forced abortions.
Foto: AP
Paramilitary police patrol Beijing's Tiananmen Square on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, Thursday 03 June 2004. The event made the government suspicious of NGOs.
Foto: DPA
Greenpeace activists set up a symbolic wind turbine during a protest in front of the Castle Peak coal power station in Hong Kong.
Foto: AFP
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