Hey, Cynica listeners. Our Golden Week Sinica Network Bonanza continues with a great best-of episode

of one of my favorite among our shows, Ta for Ta, Women, Success, China. On this episode,

which aired recently, the show's delightful host, Juliana Batista, talks to one of my very favorite

people working on China, Elizabeth Knapp, who heads the Ford Foundation

in China. Elizabeth has long been one of the most preeminent people working in the world of

nonprofits in China. She talks about her time running the prestigious Hopkins Nanjing program

and about what it takes to build a nonprofit organization in China. Give it a listen and just

as importantly, hit subscribe.

Juliana has a terrific lineup of guests, all women working in and around China at the top

of their professional game. Hope you enjoy it. Ta for Ta is powered by the Seneca Network.

We are a bi-weekly podcast focused on capturing the lives of women in and from Greater China at the top of their professional game.

I'm your host, Juliana Batista.

Many thanks to the entire team at SEPChina, including co-producer

Kaiser Quote and Jason McRonald for editing. This week, I had the pleasure of being joined by

Elizabeth Nup, Ford Foundation's China Country Director. We talk about her jump into the private sector without any prior experience,

her role at the Hopkins Nanjing Center, and navigating cultural divides after the bombing

of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. We also dive into the grants that are currently being made

by the Ford Foundation and the relationship with wealth and

philanthropy in China. Let's take a listen. Hi, Elizabeth. It's so great to have you on Tafer Tatte.

Elizabeth is the country director for China for the Ford Foundation. Thank you so much for coming on.

I'm really happy to be here. Thanks for having me.

And so I would actually really like to start with you telling listeners a little bit more about

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