01512nam a22001577a 4500 517753 517753 210727b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Dong, Qiang and Lu, Jiahuan 27980 In the shadow of the government: The Chinese nonprofit sector in the Covid-19 crisis American Review of Public Administration 50(6-7), Aug-Oct, 2020: p.784-789 Nonprofit organizations often work on the front lines of disaster assistance and emergency relief. In this sweeping coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the nonprofit sector in many countries is playing an active role in the national fight against the coronavirus. However, the Chinese nonprofit sector only plays a marginal role in the battle. This article, from a government–nonprofit relationship perspective, delves into the underlying factors shaping the Chinese nonprofit sector’s limited involvement in this pandemic crisis and the impacts of the crisis on the Chinese nonprofit sector. In particular, we argue that a strong and centralized political regime leaves little room for nonprofits’ involvement in emergency relief, resulting in a nonprofit sector that is vulnerable and marginalized. Nonprofits have to be smarter in coping with the government in the COVID-19 downturn. – Reproduced Government-nonprofit Relations, Chinese nonprofit sector, COVID-19 25885 American Review of Public Administration NON PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 391820 IIPA IIPA 2021-07-27 50(6-7), Aug-Oct, 2020: p.784-789 AR125002 2021-07-27 AR