Seeking Redemptive Recovery

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ZGBriefs | June 4, 2020

Are Kids in China Better-Off Today Than a Decade Ago? (June 2, 2020, Sixth Tone) This Children’s Day, Sixth Tone takes a look back at 10 years’ worth of policies aimed at better protecting children, as well as their still-evident shortcomings.

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ZGBriefs | May 28, 2020

“The end of Hong Kong” (May 22, 2020, World Magazine) The national security law would ban “treason, secession, sedition, and subversion,” and criminalize foreign influence.

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ZGBriefs | May 21, 2020

China Wants Workers to Stay in the Countryside (May 16, 2020, Foreign Policy) There are reports that as many as hundreds of thousands of enterprises have already gone bankrupt.

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ZGBriefs | May 14, 2020

How China's Provinces Came to Have Their Single Word Abbreviations (May 11, 2020, The Beijinger) Though cars are most likely the easiest place to see these letters on a daily basis, they were not in fact invented for vehicle registration purposes…

Seeking Redemptive Recovery

A challenge and prayer for each of us seeking the God of recovery and revival.

3 Questions: Indigenous Missions Movement

What are some of the significant breakthroughs in the development of the Indigenous Missions Movement from China.

A Generation of Digital Nomads (1)

Chinese youth are living in a world drastically different from a generation ago. What motivates young Chinese adults? What challenges are they facing? How should the church respond?

The Fading Vision of a Christian China

A Book Review

A book providing a valuable inside view of an era of unprecedented openness for Christianity in China and a sober historical assessment of why that era could not last.

Summer Reading for 2020

Here's our list. What are you reading?

Going Glocal in the Age of COVID-19

The COVID-19 epidemic has not only driven home the stark realities of living in a flat world where what happens in one country is able to radically alter life around the globe; it has also made possible a type of cross-cultural sharing among Christians that may not have happened otherwise were it not for the shared experience of a global pandemic.

An Offer the Church Can’t Refuse

And then finding a way to respond online in China.

So, Are You Ready? Again?

We’ve heard from those who had to leave China and have continued their journeys. Is there anything we can take with us for the journeys we are on?

History as a Theological Laboratory

More from the webinar “Real Lives of Real Missionaries: Timothy Richard (1845-1919)."

Returning Home-side

The Path Unintended

Today I can whole-heartedly say that whatever seeds, words, or love I gave in China are not wasted.

Cross Removals Continue

The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped cross removals in China. This article from China Christian Daily reports on one cross removal from a historic church in the city of Heifei.

In a New Home in Asia

Hearing from those who are in new places and new ministries in Asia.

A Foot Wide on the Edge of Nowhere

A Book Review

The story of Olive and Theo Simpkin.

Dangers, Pitfalls, Connection, and Hope During Transition

This is not where you want to be. This is not where you thought you’d be. This was not your plan.

The Revival of a Rural Church

While there are many negative news reports during the COVID-19 pandemic, this story of a revitalized rural church is a much-needed source of encouragement.

Grief—What about the Kids?

What impact does it have on a child who suddenly needs to leave the country that has been home?