Articles on Church and Society
Editorials
Chinas Youth in Perspective
Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "China's Youth" (ChinaSource, 2010 Summer).
Peoples of China
As the Family Goes, So Goes the Church
Where does the responsibility for teaching children spiritual concepts lie? Who is most influential in a child's spiritual life? Are the next generation of the Chinese church leadership being nurtured effectively?
View From the Wall
Higher Education in China Today
The Scene and the Backdrop
More Chinese young people are attending university than ever before. A look at the current situation in higher education and key contributing factors.
Lead Article
Convergence or Divergence?
Chinese Culture in a Globalized World
Japanese-American scholar Fukuyama introduced the notion of "the end of history," proporting that the world was now one and history should come to an end. Others have claimed that globalization has "leveled the playing field." And yet others view globalization quite differently. The real question is how we should view the changes in China's culture and its influence in light of the globalization of the economy during the last thirty years.
Supporting Article
Christianity’s Impact on Chinese Society
Is Christianity influencing China's culture?
Supporting Article
Challenge of Returning Chinese Scholars
With the number of Chinese scholars studying abroad increasing and many of them coming to faith in Christ, understanding the challenges they face in returning to China is vital for their ongoing spiritual growth. What is being done to deal with those challenges?
Sustainability on the Third Pole: Of Water and Carbon; Policies and People
China is undergoing extraordinarily rapid change. Development is occurring at a phenomenal rate; indeed a full transformation of the landscape is taking place, both urban and rurala transformation that we never dreamed possible only a few years ago. In addition, all of this is taking place with an apparent resolve with inherent potential consequencesunintended consequences, perhaps, but no less serious in their social or environmental impactsthat could in fact undermine the very reasons for which the planned changes were initiated in the first place.
What are these changes, policies, actions? They can be summed up under the umbrella of all the development policies, projects and actions related to urbanization, on the one hand, and to several major environmental concerns in China's vast inland, western regions, on the other hand. How can "urbanization" and "environment"often seen as being on opposite ends of a spectrum or continuumbe drawn together and referred to as part of the same paradigm? The answer: through the notion of sustainability.
Supporting Article
Tough Calls
Indigenous Investing
Experience begets guidelines that can help in decisions regarding indigenous investing.
Peoples of China
Stewardship in the Business Community
Chinese Christian business people are finding innovative ways to steward the resources God has given them.