Since China adheres to the government-led mode at home and Westphalian principle of state sovereignty abroad, Chinese NGOs play an auxiliary and limited role in global health governance. With the process of global civil society movement, and its internal governance reform, China is increasingly...

In order to make reference to environmental governance, in which global civil society plays a key role, four key concepts are defined: civil society, networks, environmental governance, and geopolitics. Secondly, the concept of water as much more than a service, and indeed a right, is presented...