Articles in this Issue
Editorials
Waking Up to the Future
Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "Looking Ahead in China" (ChinaSource, 2010 Fall).
Supporting Article
The Future of Business as Mission in China
A look at benefits of "business as mission" for China and the trends in the China that will affect its viability and potential impact.
Supporting Article
Family Ministry Approaches
Three Models toward a Lifestyle
Parents have the primary responsibility to disciple their childrennot the church or the school. Three approaches are discussed and evaluated with practical suggestions for churches to support parents.
View From the Wall
Great Expectations
Medical care and other social services are taking highly positive trends throughout China.
Peoples of China
Finding the People in the People’s Republic
There are numerous challenges that could derail China's march to super-power status including a collapse of the banking system, regional disintegration, environmental disaster, and military miscalculations. However, perhaps the most likely factor to prevent China's rise will be the one the government can least do anything about: demography. China, as always, has too many people; now, however, it is also lacking in females, youth, and sooner rather than later, a workforce to support its retired population.
Book Reviews
Country Driving
A Journey through China from Farm to Factory
Country Driving: A Journey through China from Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler. Harper (New York: 2010), 438pp. ISBN 978-0-06-180409-0, $27.99.
Reviewed by Wayne Martindale
Image credit: Huangshan 黄山 – Turtle Peak 鳌鱼峰 by Kwong Yee Cheng, on Flickr
Brent Fulton
Brent Fulton is the founder of ChinaSource. Dr. Fulton served as the first president of ChinaSource until 2019. Prior to his service with ChinaSource, he served from 1995 to 2000 as the managing director of the Institute for Chinese Studies at Wheaton College. From 1987 to 1995 he served as founding …View Full Bio