ZGBriefs from 2012
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October 11, 2012
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The Chinese Church and the Global Body of Christ (October 5, 2012, ChinaSource Quarterly, via Chinese Church Voices)I believe these phenomena point to the dawning of a new era beginning in 2009. I believe that in the next 30 years, whether in breadth or in depth, the global body of Christ will connect with the Chinese church much more than before. I also see the church in China facing six challenges in the next 30 years. These challenges are not ours alone, but are for the global church as well.
October 4, 2012
FEATURED ARTICLENew Initiatives in Religion Circles (October 2, 2012, Global China Center)The official Chinese media in late September reported several new initiatives to be promoted within the TSPM-CCC circles: a charities week and a five-year theological exchange campaign. As with other such formal pronouncements, “tea leaf reading” is always a fun challenge. The nuances are […]
September 27, 2012
FEATURED ARTICLE Cosmo Getting Back Together Ex Scenes from China (September 24, 2012, The Big Picture)But at the same time, an increasingly colorful society celebrates the continued vibrant awakening transforming the largest population in the world. Gathered here are images providing a glimpse of life from many parts of the country, including Hong Kong – […]
September 20, 2012
FEATURED ARTICLE how to get him back Meet two Chinese factory workers, Lu Qingmin and Wu Chunming (September 16, 2012, TED Blog)But as Leslie T. Chang, the author of the book Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, explains in this talk from TEDGlobal 2012, those emotions obscure a larger point that […]
September 13, 2012
FEATURED ARTICLE How To Make My Ex Want Me Back Yahoo Answers Does Christianity Have a Future in China? (September 10, 2012, ChinaSource)Given the resurgence of Christianity in China’s recent history, the church’s continued momentum going forward is, for some observers, almost a foregone conclusion. Others, however, would suggest that, without a fundamental change at […]
September 6, 2012
FEATURED ARTICLEThe Facts about the Church in China (September 4, 2012, ChinaSource)Facts about the church in China may be more readily available than they were 10 or 15 years ago. But more information does not necessarily produce greater clarity. Often the opposite results. What, then, can be said with any certainty about the church in […]
August 30, 2012
FEATURED ARTICLEVideo: The history between the Catholic Church and China (August 27, 2012, UCA News)Rome Reports presents a brief look at the first apostolic delegate appointed to China, Cardinal Celso Constantini, and how he helped shape the modern-day Catholic Church in China.GOVERNMENT / POLITICS / FOREIGN AFFAIRSChina Is Said to Be Bolstering Missile Capabilities (August […]
August 23, 2012
FEATURED ARTICLE Why dont we join the national TSPM? (Pacific Institute for Social Sciences)When Chinese Christians travel abroad and are asked why they do not join the Three-Self Church to resolve the issue of legitimacy, they should ask the following question in reply: Would you be willing to join the Three-Self Church if you faced […]
August 3, 2012
FEATURED ARTICLEChina cracks down on Ramadan in Xinjiang (August 2, 2012, Passport)The Chinese government has ordered restrictions on Ramadan observances in the northern province of Xinjiang, home to the majority of China’s Muslim Uighur minority, leading Uighur leaders to warn of the potential for new violence in the restive region. Al Jazeera reports that party […]
July 26, 2012
FEATURED ARTICLEThe Politics of Rain in Beijing (July 23, 2012, The Useless Tree)Central authorities are sensitive to such criticism, since infrastructural development is often held up as proof of the efficacy of Chinese style authoritarianism.That worry stems from the nature of regime legitimation under authoritarianism. without regular elections to provide a basis of electoral legitimacy […]