China have introduce very strict rules for NGO last year: http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/latest/fact-sheet-chinas-foreign-ngo-law http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/lat

China have introduce very strict rules for NGO last year: http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/latest/fact-sheet-chinas-foreign-ngo-law http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/latest/fact-sheet-chinas-foreig... Basically, a foreign NGO need to register with the government to continue their work in China. Some of the NGO is still working on getting the approval. These two Canadians were working with one of those NGO.