Home-Based Community Support and the Expatriate in China

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ZGBriefs | July 12, 2018

Love in an Old Climate (July 7, 2018, The World of Chinese) What is it like to face the end of one’s life—and see one’s loved ones grow old—in a country with an imperfect medical system?

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ZGBriefs | July 5, 2018

China’s Belt and Road: Exporting Evangelism? (July 4, 2018, The Diplomat) Despite Beijing’s own misgivings about religion and proselytization, it appears to have no qualms in supplying the rest of the world with religious literature.

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ZGBriefs | June 28, 2018

Meet the five urban Chinas  (June 20, 2018, Brookings) While China’s cities are at the frontier of global growth, many of them are still little known to the world.

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ZGBriefs | June 21, 2018

The Hidden History of Shanghai’s Jewish Quarter  (June 13, 2018, Atlas Obscura)
When the world refused to let in Jews fleeing Nazi Germany, Shanghai was the only place on earth willing to accept them with or without papers. 

Home-Based Community Support and the Expatriate in China

Why do some expatriates in China have more positive experiences than others? 

Unpacking China’s Cities

China’s urbanization today is less about the largest cities that often make the headlines, and more about a host of smaller, yet faster growing, metropolises that will be home to the majority of Chinese in the coming decades.

Listening to Pastors in China, Part 3

How to better care for Chinese pastors and how they can care for one another. 

Get Back in the Sandbox!

Is Christianity being singled out for pressure, harassment, and restriction. Or is part of something bigger?

Preparing to Teach English in China?

Training and tools to help you get ready.

Triple Espresso Meets the New Normal

It is in the everyday lives of China’s believers that we can begin to understand the perseverance of a church that remains steadfast amidst change and uncertainty.

Listening to Pastors in China, Part 2

Chinese pastors share personal stories of how God has worked in their lives and through their ministries.

Understanding the Chinese Communist Party

Understanding the role of the CCP in Chinese society and how it functions is crucial. Here are resources to help.

Outsourced Children

A Book Review

A must-read for anyone involved with orphaned or abandoned children and the programs that care for them in China. 

Going Global

To engage with China’s church today means not only connecting with what Chinese Christians are doing in China, but also with what they are doing outside China.

Listening to Pastors in China, Part 1

What challenges do Chinese pastors face? How do they find support in the church? From other pastors? The journal ChurchChina recently published an article detailing these issues with interviews from prominent pastors in China. 

ZGBriefs FAQ

Everything you wanted to know about ZGBriefs but were afraid to ask.

Praying for the Unreached in China

Tools for those who pray for China—including a month's worth of China-focused items for July.

China’s Next Big Thing

China is complicated. Good questions about China beget more questions. Sorting out the complexity is not easy, but for someone wanting to get a handle on the key trends shaping China and impacting China’s church, this podcast is a great place to start.

Peace in Detention

An account in three points by a believer who was detained in Chengdu.

Denomination Names in Chinese

What, you might be wondering, are the Chinese names for some of the various denominations and sects in China?