ABSTRACT
Elaine Jeffreys explores the divergent paths of elite philanthropy in China – a new site for philanthropy – and North America – the traditional home of ‘big money’ philanthropy. Government-sponsored moves to professionalize philanthropy in China have combined with media and public supervision of charitable activities to regulate the activities of wealthy elites in a manner that does not have an obvious parallel in western countries. Elite philanthropy in China is a discipline imposed on the newly rich to assist the PRC Government in realizing ‘the great renaissance of the Chinese nation’ rather than a matter of individual conscience.
