For more news and videos visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://facebook.com/NTDTelevision<br /><br />China's Red Cross is about to do something that every other charitable organization in the Democratic world already does: make their donations public. The decision comes after a controversy that has shaken the state run charitable organization's reputation.<br /><br />The Guo Meimei scandal—one of China's Red Cross' senior members, Wang Jun, engaged in an affair with a woman calling herself Guo Meimei. Two weeks ago, she posted pictures of her extravagant lifestyle—posing by a Maserati, flaunting expensive handbags, sipping drinks in business class. Netizens erupted into a fury, claiming that her opulent lifestyle was the result of corruption and misappropriation of Red Cross funds, first by her and later by her high-ranking boyfriend.<br /><br />China's Red Cross and Guo Meimei have denied any connection. But with no public records of where donations were going, people were suspicious.<br /><br />Star tennis player Li Na, who recently won the French Open, has turned against the organization. According to the state-run People's Daily, Li was planning on donating $77,000 to a home for the elderly, disabled, and orphans of her hometown in Wuhan. She now plans to handle the donation herself, without going through China Red Cross.<br /><br />In response to the scandal, the state-run charitable organization announced on Thursday that it will start making public the donations it has received, and where that money is going.
