This years participant in the EU-China NGO twinning wins the “Asian Nobel” award. The Center for Legal Assistance for Pollution Victims and its founder Wang Canfa put their efforts into offering legal advice and training for attorneys fighting against environmental pollution. The Ramon Magsaysay award is named after a former president of the Philippines who died in a plane crash in 1957. http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1563743/journalist-hu-shuli-and-environment-lawyer-win-asias-nobel-ramon