--- title: Should American Nonprofits Work In China? | Carnegie Council Event description: Join Isaac Stone Fish and the event panelists as they discuss whether American nonprofits should operate in China and the ethical considerations involved. image: https://info.carnegiecouncil.org/hubfs/Event%20Promo%20Files/Stone%20Fish%20Nonprofits%20China/nonprofits%20china%20lp.jpeg --- # Should American Nonprofits Work In China? A Carnegie Council virtual event For decades, American nonprofits and philanthropies worked with Chinese citizens and the Chinese Communist Party. In ways large and small, they’ve helped build civil society in the country. But over the last several years especially, the space for foreign NGOs to operate in China has increasingly shrunk. COVID restrictions, paranoia about Western influence, and an American public suspicious of Beijing have made it far more difficult for organizations to work with or in China. Should nonprofits and philanthropies continue to engage with a China ruled by an increasingly hostile Party? What ethical compromises must they make to maintain their presence in China, and are those compromises worth it? And what work can and should they do, if any, to push back against the Party’s influence globally? Date: Monday, June 27 Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm ET   ![nonprofits china event](https://info.carnegiecouncil.org/hubfs/Event%20Promo%20Files/Stone%20Fish%20Nonprofits%20China/nonprofits%20china%20lp.jpeg "nonprofits china event") ### Submit to Register ![abramowitz](https://info.carnegiecouncil.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Event%20Promo%20Files/Stone%20Fish%20Nonprofits%20China/abramowitz.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=abramowitz.jpg "abramowitz") ### Michael Abramowitz Michael J. Abramowitz is president of Freedom House. [Follow on Twitter](https://twitter.com/abramowitz) ![isaac stone fish](https://info.carnegiecouncil.org/hs-fs/hubfs/isaac%20stone%20fish.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=isaac%20stone%20fish.jpg "isaac stone fish") ### Isaac Stone Fish Isaac Stone Fish is founder and CEO of Strategy Risks. [Follow on Twitter](https://twitter.com/isaacstonefish) ## Ethics Empowered Using the power of ethics to build a better world #### Contact [info@cceia.org](mailto:info@cceia.org) [212-838-4120](tel:212-838-4120) 170 East 64th Street New York, NY 10065 © 2026 Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs - [Privacy Policy](https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/misc/privacy)