I didn’t mean to imply that it was hopeless to increase charitable giving in China, rather the opposite, that it’s so bad it can only go up! Besides that, I agree with all your points.
The Chinese government already provides foreign aid in Africa to make it possible to further their interests in the region. I was thinking of how we could possibly get them to expand it. The government seems almost impossible to influence, but perhaps EAs could influence African governments to try to solicit more foreign aid from China? It could have a negative consequence, however, in that receiving more aid from China may make Africa more susceptible to accepting bad trade deals, etc.
I don’t know how to engage with China, but I do strongly feel that it holds huge potential for both altruism and also GCRs, which shouldn’t be ignored. I like CEA’s approach of seeking expertise on China generalist experts. There are a number of existing Western-China think tanks that could be useful to the movement, but I think that a “China czar” for EA is a necessity.
I didn’t mean to imply that it was hopeless to increase charitable giving in China, rather the opposite, that it’s so bad it can only go up! Besides that, I agree with all your points.
The Chinese government already provides foreign aid in Africa to make it possible to further their interests in the region. I was thinking of how we could possibly get them to expand it. The government seems almost impossible to influence, but perhaps EAs could influence African governments to try to solicit more foreign aid from China? It could have a negative consequence, however, in that receiving more aid from China may make Africa more susceptible to accepting bad trade deals, etc.
I don’t know how to engage with China, but I do strongly feel that it holds huge potential for both altruism and also GCRs, which shouldn’t be ignored. I like CEA’s approach of seeking expertise on China generalist experts. There are a number of existing Western-China think tanks that could be useful to the movement, but I think that a “China czar” for EA is a necessity.